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PREFACE, 


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"  Join  all  the  names  of  !:ve  and  power 
That  ever  men  or  angels  bore  ; 
All  are  too  mean  to  fpeak  his  worth. 
Or  fet  Emanuel's  glory  forth." 
Ytti  the  imperfection  of  one  of  the  by'l 

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EF  ACE, 

<c  A*  was  the  eldejl  daughter  of  a 

diffi  ,   in  Hatnpfhire  ;  a 

man  of  ,  ana  the  mo/I 

rs.      She  '  in 

mufeSy  and  oft  en  enteria: 
her  friends ',  with  the  r;\.  i  r  produc- 

tions  of  her  pen.  But,  it  was  her  infelicity*  as  it 
been  of  many  of  her  kindred  fpirits,  to  have  a 
capacious  foaring  mind  inclofed  in  a  very  weak  and 
guid  body.  She  lived,  for  the  in  oft  party  a  life  of 
retirement  in  the  fame  peaceful  village  where  fke  be- 
gan and  ended  her  days*  The  duties  of  fnendfhip 
and  religion  occupied  her  time,  and  the  pleafures  of 
both  conjlitutcd her  delight.  Her 
feely  often  to  a  degree  too  painful  for  her  own  felicity  ; 
but  always  with  th  us  fympa- 

thy  for  her  friends.     Tet^fhe  poffeffed  a  heer- 

fulnefs  ;    of  which y  even  tht  w  fhe  en* 

duredy  in  the  .  t  deprive 

her.     In  every  fhort  inti  bated fujfferi*gyJhe 

:!d  in  a  variety  of  waySj  as  well  as  by  her  en- 

re  to  all  around  her. 
Her  Hje  wt  r  a  life  of  u  be* 

nine  devot 
ited  with  dignity  fr  -f 

her  d  bartun  2   It  hi  I  its  ap- 

ieclionate  leave  sf 
friends,  child  her  I  ith  thefc  animating 

:>  "  1  know  that  my  Redeemer 
:"* 

"This  accou  tal  reface  to  the  third 

cellaneous  pieces  in  prcfe  and  vcrfe," 
odosia,  by  t«e  F 

D,  after  htrdeceafc. 


PREFACE.  V 

It  is  humbly  apprehended,  that  a  grated  and  af~ 

fs  to  the  exalted  Saviour  of  mankind* 

cr  a  hymn  in  honour  of  the  Eternal  Spirit)  cannot  be 

di [agreeable  to    the  mind  of  God.      To  fiigmatize 

fitch  an  art  of  devotion  with  the  name  of  idolatry,  if 

(to  fa:  the  leaf} )  an  abufe  cf  language.     It  cannot 

i  with  derogating  prom  the  glory  due 

'ONE   God  and  Father  of  all%  cecaife  'he  is 

':*cl  of  the  honour  which  is  given  to 

his  Son  and  to  his  Spirit. 

■;,  thofe  Chriftians  who  do  notferu- 
praifes  to  their  Redeemer  and  Sanclifier9 
will  find  materials  for  fich  a  fublime  enjoyment  ,- 
nvhilfi  others,  whofe  tendemefs  of  conference  may 
oblige  them  to  confine  their  addreffes  to  the  Father  on- 
/y,  will  find  no  deficiency  cf  matter  failed  to  their 
idea  of"  the  chafte  and  awful fpir it  cf  devotion? 

Boston,  May  10,  1795* 


N.  B.      The  characters  denoting  the  f:. 
ieyy  are  prefixed  to  each  pf aim  or  bym»f   at  my  re* 
yuefty  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Morse,  of'Charlfiowiu 


PSALMS, 


pfalm  I.     Common  Metre. 

"'appinefs    of  the  Righteous  a?:d  the  M 

BLEST  is  the  man  who  fhuns  the  place 
Where  fmners  love  to  meet ; 
Who  fears  to  tread  their  wicked  ways* 
And  hates  the  fcoffer's  feat. 

2  But  in  the  ftatutes  of  the  Lord 

Has  plac'd  his  chief  delight ; 
By  day  he  reads  or  hears  the  word. 
And  meditates  by  night. 

3  He  like  a  tree  of  generous  kind, 

By  living  waters  fet, 
JSafe  from  the  ftorm  and  blading  wind* 
Enjoys  a  peaceful  ftate, 

4  Green  as  the  leaf,  and  ever  fair 

Shall  his  profcflion  fhine  ; 

Whilft  fruits  of  hplinefs  appear 

Like  clu Iters  on  the  vine. 

5  Not  fo  the  impious  and  unjuft  ! 

What  vain  defigns  they  form  ! 
Their  hopes  are  blown  away  like  dufta 
Or  chaff  before  the  ftorm. 

6  Sinners  in  judgment  {hall  not  (land 

Among  the  K>ns  of  gr?.ce , 


A 


8  PSA    L    M    S. 

When  Chrifl,  the  Judge,  at  his  light  hand 
Appoints  liis  faints  a  place. 

y  His  eye  beholds  the  path  they  tread, 
His  heart  approves  it  well ; 
But  crooked  ways  of  finners  lead 
Down  to  the  gates  of  hell. 

WATTS, 

jpfaim   II.     Common  Metre.      [$] 

The  Exaltation  o/G&rjft. 

TTEND-,  O  earth,  when  God  declares 
His  uncontroll'd  decree ; 
"  Thou  art  my  Son,  this  day,  my  heir, 
"  Have  I  begotten  thee. 

2  "  Upon  my  holy  Zion's  hill 

"  My  King  I  thee  ordain ; 
<c  And  tho'  thy  foes  difpute  my  willj 
"  Thou  (halt  forever  reign. 

3  "  A(k  and  receive  thy  full  demands, 

"  Thine  mall  the  heathen  be  ; 
<c  The  utmoft  limits  of  the  lands 
"  Shall  be  poiTefs'd  by  thee. 

4  (C  Thy  righteous  fceptre  thou  fhalt  fwayt 

"  And  all  thy  foes  command  ; 
ft  Juft  as  the  pctter  breaks  the  clay, 

"  And  moulds  it  with  his  hand." 
c  Be  wife,  ye  princes,  then,  give  ear 

Ye  judges  of  the  earth  ; 
Worfhip  the  Lord  with  holy  fear, 

Rejoice  with  awful  mirth. 
f)  Approach  the  Son  with  due'refpecT, 

To  him  your  homage  pay  ; 
T,e(t  ye  perfift  in  your  neglect, 

And  periih  in  your  way. 


PSALMS.  £ 

7  If  but  in  part  his  anger  rife, 
Who  can  endure  the  flame  ? 
Then  bleft  are  they  whole  hope  relies 
On  his  moft  holy  name. 

Tate,  varied. 

$>falm  IL       Short    Metre.       [*;] 
ttt 

MAKER,  and  fovereign  Lord 
Of  heaven,  and  earth,  and  feas^ 
Thy  providence  confirms  thy  word, 
And  anfwers  thy  decrees. 

2  The  things  fo  long  foretold 
By  David,  are  fultilPd  •, 

When  Jews  and  Gentiles  johrd  to  ilaj 
Jefus,  thy  holy  child. 

3  Why  did  the  Gentiles  rage, 
And  Jews  with  one  accord 

Unite  their  counfels  to  deftroy 
Th'  anointed  of  the  Lord  ? 

4  Rulers  and  kings  agree 
To  form  a  vain  defign  -, 

Againft  the  Lord  they  join  their  powers, 
Againft  his  Chrift  combine. 

5  The  Lord  derides  their  rage, 
And  will  fupport  his  throne  ; 

He  who  hath  rais'd  him  from  the  dead3 
Hath  own'd  him  for  his  Son, 

6  He  aftcc,  and  God  beftowj 
A  vail  inheritance  ; 

Far  as  the  earth's  remoteft  ends 

His  kingdom  (hall  advance,  -t?T 


to  .PSALM    SG 

PfallU  III.     Common  Metre.       Q>] 

Doubt*  and  Fear 

MY  God,  how  many  arc  my  fears ! 
How  fail  my  foes  increaie  ! 
Their  number,  how  it  multiplies! 

How  fatal  to  my  peace  ! 

2  The  lying  tempter  would  perfuade 

There's  no  relief  from  heaven  *, 
And  all  my  (welling  fins  appear 
Too  great  to  be  forgiven. 

3  But  thou,  O  Lord,  art  my  defence, 

On  thee  my  hopes  rely ; 
My  finking  fpirit  thou  wilt  raife, 
And  lift  my  head  on  high. 

4  In  former  times  of  deep  diftrefs 

To  God  I  made  my  prayer: 

He  heard  me  from  his  holy  hill ; 

Why  mould  I  now  defpair  ? 

5  Guarded  by  him,  I  lay  me  down 

My  fweet  repofe  to  take  ; 
For  I  through  him  fecurely  fleep, 
Through  him  in  fafety  wake. 

6  Salvation  to  the  Lord  belongs, 

His  arm  alone  can  fave  ; 
Bleflings  attend  thy  people  here, 
And  reach  beyond  the  grave. 

Tate  and  Wai  j'5,  united  and  v 


JPfalm  IV.  ver.   6,  y.     C.  M.  [*  or  H 

True  Happinefs  c-.K  in  G  if. 

WHEN  fancy  fpreads  her  boldef.  v.;  {  , 
And  wanders  uncenfin'd, 
Amulilt-Lj  varied  fcene  of  things 
Which  entertain  the  mind  ^ 


P    8    A    L    M    B.  M 

2  In  vain  we  trace  creation  o'er, 

In  fearch  of  facred   reft, 
The  whole  creation  is  too  poor 
To  make  us  fully  bleft. 

3  In  vain  would  this  low  world  employ 

Each"  flattering  fpecious  wile, 
For  what  can  yield  a  real  joy 
But  our  Creator's  fmile  r 

4  Let  earth  with  all  her  charms  depart, 

Unworthy  of  the  mind  ; 
In  God  alone  our  reftlefs  heart 
An  equal  blifs  can  find. 

5  Great  Source  of  all  felicity, 

To  thee  our  wiihes  tend  ! 
Do  not  thefe  wiihes  rife  from  thee, 
And  in  thy  favour  end  ? 

6  Thy  favour,  Lord,  is  all  we  want, 

Here  would  our  fpirit  reil  ; 
O  feai  the  rich,  the  boundieis  grant, 
And  make  us  fully  bleft. 

Mrs.  Stetie. 

l$M\\\  IV.  ver.  8.     Long  Metre.   *[$i 

A  i    Evfnin-r    Song. 

THUS  far  the  Lord  has  led  me  on, 
Thus  far  his  power  prolongs  my  daySj 
.And  every  evening  mall  make  known 
Some  frefti  memorial  of  las  grace. 

2  Much  of  my  time  has  run  to  wafte, 
And  1  perhaps  am  near  my  home  -> 
But  he  forgives  my  follies  pail, 

And  gives  me  ftrength  for  days  to  come, 

3  I  lay  my  body  clown  to  ileep, 
Peace  is  the  pillow  for  my  head  5 


12  PSALM   S. 

His  ever  watchful  eye  fhall  keep 
Its  conftant  guard  around  my  bed. 

4  Faith  in  his  name  forbids  my  fear  : 

0  may  thy  prefence  ne'er  depart  j 
And  in  the  morning  let  mc  hear 
The  love  and  kindnefs  of  thy  heart. 

5  Thus  when  the  night  of  death  fhall  come, 
My  flefh  fhall  reft  beneath  the  ground  ; 
And  wait  thy  voice  to  break  the  tomb, 
With  glad  falvation  in  the  found. 

Watt?. 

P  faint  V.     Common  Metre.      [#] 

For  the  Lories    Day   Marin 

LORD,  in  the  morning  thou  (halt hear 
My  voice  afcending  high  y 
To  thee  will  I  addrefs  my  prayer4, 
To  thee  diredl  mine  eye. 

2  Thou  art  a  God  before  whofe   fight 

The  wicked  fhall  not  ftand ; 

Sinners  fhall  ne'er  be  thy  delight, 

Nor  dwell  at  thy  right  hand. 

3  But  to  thy  houfe  will  I  refer t, 

'To  tafte  thy  mercies  there  ; 

1  will  frequent  thy  holy  court, 

And  worfhip  in  thy  fear. 

4  O  may  thy  Spirit  guide  my  fe£t 

In  ways  of  truth  \  \ 

Make  every  path  of  duty  ftraig 
And  plain  before  my  i 

5  The  men  who  love  and  fear  thy  name, 

Shall  fee  their  hopes  fulfilled  ; 
The  mighty  God  will  cempafs  them 
With  favour,  as  a  ihield. 

Watts. 


PSALMS.  13 

PCaliU  VI.      t  Metre.       [\] 

Prr. 

IN  anger,  Lord,  rebuke  me  1 
But  fpare  a  wretch  foriom  ; 
Cor1  not  in  thy  fierce  wrath, 

Too  heavy  to  be  bofrne. 

2  Sot  fume  the  day, 

I  w  -     h    with  cries, 

Con  n  >afs, 

Till  the  flow  mom 

3  My  te  ts  my  mind, 

i  fills  my  foul  with  grief  ; 
How  long,  O  Lord,  wilt  thou  d 
.-rant  me  thy  relief  ? 

4  The  gloomy  (hades  of  death  cannot 

T hv  glorious  aebs  proclaim  ; 
No  pris'ner  of  the  filent  grave 
Can  magnify  thy  na  . 

5  He  hen*s  when  dufl  and  nines  pray. 

He  pities  all  my  groans  ; 
He  fares  me  for  his  mercy's  fake, 
And  heals  my  b:  ies, 

6  The  virtue  of  hi!  n  word 

Reitorcs  my  faint  ith  : 

To  him  will  I^levcte  that  life 

:m  death. 
Tat:  Lried. 

.am  VII.     Common  Mure.    [#  or  fr] 
,TY  truft  is  in  1  friend, 


L     My  hone  in  thee,  my  God  ; 

[$  life  defe 
From   !    fc  my  blood 

B 


I*  P    5    A    L    M    SL 

2  If  malice  Iturk'd  within  my  heart, 

Before  th 
I  flioukl  no: 

Nor  aflc  my  God  to  rife. 

3  Impartial  Judge  of  ail  the 

1  truit  my  caufe  to  thee  ; 
According  to  my  righteom. 
So  let  thy  fentence  be. 

4  Let  wicked  arts  of  wicked  lnea 

Be  wholly  overthrown  •, 
But  guard  the  juft,  O  God,  to  whom 
The  hearts  of  both  are  km 

5  Then  will  I  all  the  righteous  f 

Of  Providence  proclaim  ; 
I'll  fing  the  pralfe  of  God  moft  high, 
And  celebrate  his  name. 

Tati  and  Waits  united. 

Pfalm  VIII.     Common  Metre.  [*orfc] 

Divine  C.  . 

OTHQU,  to  whom  all  creatures  bow, 
"Within  this  earthly  frame, 
Through  all  the  world,  how  great  art  thou  ! 
How  glorious  is  thy  name  ! 

2  When  heaven,  thy  glorious  work  on  high, 

Employs  my  wond'ring  Gght  ^ 
The  moon  that  nightly  rules  the   :'.;y, 
With  ftars  oi  feebler  light  ; 

3  Lord,  what  is  man  !  that  thou  (hould'ft  cl 

To  keep  him  in  thy  mind  ! 
Or  what  his  race,  th  .  j 

To  them  io  wond'rous  kind  ! 

4  Him  next  in  power  thou 

To  thv  celeftial  train  ; 


r  a  a  l  m  a  15 

OrdainM  with  dignity  and  ftate 
O'er  all  thy  works  to  reign. 

5  They  jointly  own  his  powerful  fway, 

The  beafts  that  prey  or  craze  ; 
The  bird  that  wings  its  airy  way, 
The  fifli  that  ems  the  feas. 

6  O  thou,  to  whom  all   creatures  bow, 

Within  this  earthly  frame, 
Thro'  all   the  world,  how  great  art  thou  ! 
How  glorious  is  thy  name  ! 

Tate. 

JPfatin  VIII.      Long   Metre.      [b] 

Adarr.  and  Gbrifl,  cr  the  eld  ar.d  nevo  Creation. 

LORD,  what  was  man  when  made  at  firftj 
Adam,  the  offspring  of  the  duft, 
That  thou  ihould'ft  fet  him,  and  his  race, 
But  juft  below  an  angel's  place  ! 

2  That  thou  fnould'ft  raife  his  nature  fo, 
And  make  him  Lord  of  all  below  ; 
Make  ev*ry  bead  and  bird  fubmit, 
And  lay  the  fifties  at  his  feet  ! 

3  But  what  fublimer  glories  wait 

To  crown  the  feebnd  Adam's  (late  ! 
What  honours  (hall  thy  fon  adorn, 
Who  condefcended  to  be  born  ! 

4  See  him  below  his  angels  made  ! 
See  him  in  duft  among  the  dead  ! 

To  fave  the  world  from  death  and  fin  : 
But  he  mall  reign  with  power  divine. 

5  The  world  to  come,  redcem'd  from  all 
The  miferies  that  attend  the  fall, 
New  made  and  glorious  ihall  fubmit 
At  our  exalted  Saviour's  feet. 

V.itts, 


l<5  PSALMS. 

JPfaittl  IX.  ver.  ic,  ii.     L.  M.  ($} 

rjgev-ent  to  I 

SING  to  the  Lord,  who  loud  proclaims 
His  various  and  hrs  favjng  names  \ 
O  may  they  not  be  heard  al< 
But  by  our  Cure  experience  known. 
1  The  great  Jehovah  be  ador'd, 
Th'  eternal,  all  fufficient  Lord  •, 
Through  all  the  world,  molt  high  confefsrd, 
By  him  'twas  form'd,  and  is  pciTefs'd. 

3  Aw  ake,  our  ncblcfi  powers,  to  blefs 
The  God  of  Abra'm,  God  of  peace  ; 
Now,  by  a  clearer  title  known. 
Father  and  God  of  Chnft  his  Son. 

4  Through  every  age  his  gracious  ear 
Is  open  to  his  ierv  ant's  prayer  ; 
Nor  can  one  ]  but  complain 
That  he  has  fought  his  God  in  v 

5  What  unbelieving  heart  {hall  dare 
In  whifpers  to  fuggeft  a  fear, 
"While  itiil  he  owns  his  ancient  name, 
The  fame  his  power,  his  love  th 

6  To  thee  our  fouls  in  f 
To  thee  we  lift  expe&ii 

And  boldly  through  th:  read, 

For  God  will  guard  where  God  (hall  lead. 

jpfalm  x.    c  tt>3 

A  Prayer  for  J 

WJ  HY  doth  the  Lord  ft:  b  fix* 

V  ?         And  why  conceal  his  I 
When  great  calamities  app 

A  deep  drilrcfs  ? 


P    S    A    L    M    S.  17 

S  Lord,  mail  the  wicked  ftill  deride 
Thy  j  ult ice  and  thy  power  r 
Shall  they  erecl  their  heads  in  pride, 
And  better  men  devour  I 

3  Arife,  O  God  !    lift  up  thy  hand, 

Attend  our  bumble  cry  ; 
No  enemy  (hall  dare  to  Hand 
When  God  our  help  is  nigh. 

4  Thou  wilt  prepare  our  hearts  to  pray, 

And  ftill  incline  thine  ear  ; 
Thcu  knoweft  what  thy  children  fay 
And  thou  their  voice  wilt  hear. 
r  Proud  tyrants  (hall  no  more  opprefs, 
No  more  defpife  the  juft  •, 
And  mighty  finners  (hall  confefs 
They  are  but  earth  and  duft. 

Watts. 

r-  -  ■■  ■    ■  ■  ■  -~ 

Jp)(fllm  XL       Long  Metre.       [&] 

The  j  .'"■:.:  :f  Divine  Pt  evidence* 

ON  God  my  ftedfaft  hopes  rely  ; 
WKy  do  my  foes  infuking  cry, 
M  Fly  like  a  timorous,  trembling  dove, 
*c  And  feek  the  mountain's  loneiome  grove," 

2  Behold  the  wicked  aim  their  darts 
Againit  the  men  of  upright  hearts  ! 
If  government  be  overthrown, 

Who  then  the  injur' d  caufe  will  own  ? 

3  The  Lord,  emhron'd  above  the  iky, 
On  ■  virtue  calls  his  eye  ; 

ints,  to  prove 
Thi  and  to  try  thcii  love  : 


1 8  PSA    L    M    S. 

4  Yet  lawlefs  hands  and  hearts  impure, 
His  frowns  vindictive  will  endu 

His  lightning  wings  its  rapid  w 
His  thunder  fills  them  with  difmay. 

5  Where  truth  and  juftice  held  theii  place, 
God  will  reveal  his  gracious  face  ; 
Delighted  in  the  upright  mind 

His  own  reflected  beams  to  find. 

Merrick,  Ttricd. 

]pfalm  XII.     Common  Metre,     [b] 

Corruption   of  Manrers. 

HELP,  Lord  !  for  men  of  virtue  fail, 
Religion  lofes  ground ; 
The  ions  of  wickednefs  prevail, 
And  treacheries  abound. 

£  Their  oaths  and  promifes  they  break, 
Yet  act  the  flatterer's  part ; 
With  fair  deceitful  lips  they  {peak. 
And  with  a  double  heart. 


2  Scoffers  appear  on  every  fide 
Where  a  vile  race  of  men 


ic, 

men 

Are  rais'd  to  feats  of  power  and  pride^ 
And  bear  the  fword  in  vain. 


4  Lord,  when  iniquities  abound, 

And  blafphemy  grows  bold  ; 
When  faith  is  hardly  to  be  found, 
And  love  is  waxen  cold  ; 

5  Is  not  thy  chariot  haftening  on  ? 

Haft  thou  not  given  the  fign  ? 
Juay  wc  not  truft  and  live  upon 
£  promife  fo  divine  ? 


P    S    A    L    M    S.  ig 

6  Thy  words  like  Giver  feyen  times  try'd, 

Thro'  ages  (hall  endure  ; 
The  i  in  thy  truth  confide, 

Shall  find  the  promife  fure. 


Watts* 


pfailtt  XIII.     Common  Metre.     [|>] 

ndcr  Temptatwt. 

HOW  bou  conceal  thy  face  ? 

v  long  delay  ? 
:n  wilt  thou  fend  thy  heavenly  rays 
To  drive  my  fears  away  ? 

2  How  long  (hall  my  diftrefTed  foul 

aggie  and  toil  in  vain  ? 
Thy  word  can  all  my  fees  control, 
And  cafe  my  raging  pain. 

3  Be  thou  my  fun,  and  thou  my  fhield, 

My  foul  in  fafety  keep  *, 
Make  hafte,  before  my  eyes  are  feal'd 
In  death's  eternal  fleep. 

4  How  would  the  tempter  boaft  aloud, 

If  I  become  his  prey, 
An  hefts  of  hell  grow  proud 

At  thy  fo  long  delay  ! 

5  But  they  (hall  fly  at  thy  rebuke, 

And  Satan  hide  his  head  ; 
He  knows  the  terrors  cf  thy  lock, 
nd  hears  thy  voice  with  dread. 

6  Thou  wilt  difplay  that  fovereign  grace 

On  which  my  hopes  have  hung  5 
1  {hall  employ  my  lips  in  pr. 
tory  fhall  be  fang. 

Watt* 


PSALMS, 
ipfalm  XIV.     Common  Metre. 

U-  r-  rfal    Depravity. 

IT^OOLS  in  their  hearts  believe  and  fay 
"  That  all  religion's  vain  : 
"  1  here  is  no  God  that  reigns  on  high, 
u  C  t  minds  th'  affairs  of  men." 

2  From  thoughts  fo  dreadful  and  profane 

Corrupt  difcourfe  proceeds  ; 
And  by  their  impious  hands  are  done 
Abu  mm  able  deeds. 

3  The  Lc  rd,  from  his  celeftial  throne, 

Look'd  down  on  things  btlr w  ; 
To  find  the  men  that  fought  his  grace, 
Or  did  his  juftice  know  : 

4  He  faw  that  aii  were  gone  aflray, 

Their  practice  all  the  fame  ; 
That  none  did  fear  his  Maker's  hand, 

That  none  did  love  his  name, 
c;  Their  tongues  are  us'd  to  fpeak  deceit, 

Their  (landers  never  ceafe  ; 
Kow  fwift  to  mifchief  are  their  feet, 

Nor  know  the  paths  of  peace  ! 

6  Such  feeds  of  fin,  that  bitter  root, 
In  every  heart  are  found  ; 
JJor  will  they  bear  diviner  fruit, 
Till  grace  refine  the  ground. 

Watts 
pr-* 

Jspfatni  XV.     Common  Metre.    [$  or  tfj 

T.'.f  Citizen  of  Zibn. 

LORD,  who's  the  happy  man  that  may 
To  thy  bleft  courts  repair  ? 
And  whilft  he  bows  before  thy  throne, 
bhall  find  acceptance  there  ? 


P    S    A    L    M    S.  21 

t  Tis  he,  whofe  truly  honed  heart 
By  rules  of  virtue  moves  ; 
Whofe  generous  tongue  difdains  to  (peak 
The  thing  his  heart  dilproves. 
2  Who  never  will  a  (lander  forge, 
His  neighbour's  fame  to  wound} 
Nor  hearken  to  a  3rt, 

By  malice  whifper'd  round. 

4  Who  vice,  when  dreft  in  pomp  and  power> 

Can  treat  with  juft  negieci  ; 
And  piety,  thoJ  cloth'd  in  rags, 
Religioufly  refpect. 

5  Who  to  his  plighted  vows  and  truft 

Has  ever  firmly  ftood  ; 
And  tho'  he  promife  to  his  lofs, 

He  makes  his  promife  good. 
.£>  Who  fceks  not  in  oppreffive  ways 

His  treafure  to  employ ; 
Whom  no  reward  can  ever  bribe 

The  guiltlefs  to  deftroy. 
7  The  man,  who  by  this   fteady  COlirfe 

Has  happinefs  infur'd, 
When  earth's  foundations  fhake,  (hall  ftand, 

By  Providence  f:curu. 

*  —       ■ 

JPfalm  XV,     Long  Metre.  [*  cr  fcj 

WHO  fnall  afcend  thy  heavenly  place, 
Great  God,  and  dwell  before  thy  face  ? 
The  man  who  loves  religion  now, 
And  humbly  walks  with  God  below. 

'■o^c  hands  are  pure,  whofe  heart  is  clean, 
Whofe  lips  (til  ;  they  mean  ; 


22  PS    A    L    M    S. 

No  (landers  dwell  upon  hi^ 
He  hates  to  do  his  neighbour 

3  He  will  not  truft  an  ill  report, 
Nor  vent  it  to  his' neighbour's  hurt  ; 
Sinners  of  (late  he  can  def; 

But  faints  are  honour'd  in  his  eyes. 

4  Firm  to  his  word  he  ever  flood, 
And  always  makes  his  prcmife  good  ; 
Nor  will  he  change  the  thing  he  fw< 
Whatever  pain  or  lofs  he  bears. 

5  He  never  deals  in  bribing  gold, 

And  mourns  that  juftice  ihould  be  fold ; 
If  others  vex  and  grind  the  poor, 
Sweet  charity  attends  his  door. 

6  He  loves  his  enemies,  and  prays 

For  thofe  who  curfe  him  to  his  face  \ 
And  doth  to  all  men  (till  the  fame 
That  he  could  hope  or  wi(h  from  them, 

7  Yet  when  his  holieft  works  are  done, 
His  foul  depends  on  grace  alone  : 
This  is  the  n;un  thy  face  (hall  fee, 
And  dwell  forever,  Lord,  with  thee. 

Watt* 

jcHaiia  XVI.   Firft  Part.     I.  M. 

Works  profitable  to  Mem. 

PRESERVE  me,  Lord,  in  time  of  need  : 
For  fucccur  to  thy  throne  i  ficc  ; 
But  have  no  merit  there  to  plead, 
My  goodntfs  cannot  reach  to  th 

2  Oft  have  my  heart  and  tongue  confefl 
How  empty  and  how  poor  I  am  ; 
My  praife  can  never  make  thee  bled", 
Nor  add  new  glory  to  thy  nan 


PSALMS.  *i 

3  Yet,  Lord,  thy  faints  on  earth  may  reap 
Some  profit  by  the  good  I  do  \ 

:fc  are  the  company  1  keep, 
Thefe  are  the  choicetl  friends  I  know. 

4  Let  others  choofe  the  fons  of  mirth 
To  give  a  reliih  to  their  wine  ; 

I  love  the  men  of  heavenly  birth, 
Whole  works  and  language  are  divine. 

Watts. 

£>faim  XVI.  Second  Part.     C.  M.  [,] 

LET  heathens  to  their  idols  hafte, 
And  wcrfhip  wood  or  (lone  ; 
it  my  delightful  lot  is  call 
Where  the  true  God  is  known. 

2  In  this  enlightened,  pi  arid, 

My  happy  portion  lies  •, 
Where  nature's  ever  bounteous  hand 
Ail  human  want  f applies. 

3  Therefore  my  foul  (hall  blefs  the  Lor  J. 

Whofe  precepts  give  me  light. 
And  confolation  flill  a£ 
In  fofrow's  difmal  night. 

4  I  drive  each  action  to  appi 

To  thine  all-feeing  c1  e  ; 
No  danger  {hall  my  hope  . 
or  thou  art  ever  nig] 

5  Thou  (halt  the  paths  cf  life  di 

Which  to  thy  pre 
Where  pleafures  dwell  v  y, 

never  fade, 
v.. . 


MJ  P    S    A    L    M    S. 

pfalm  XVI.  Third  Part.      C.  M.    rj] 

The  Dea:  J. 

u  T  SET  the  Lord  before  my  face, 
X      He  bears  my  courage  up  ; 
My  hear"  and  tongue  t 

My  ilefh  (hall  reft  in  hope. 
%  "  My  fpirit,  Lord,  thru  wilt  not  leave 
Where  fouls  departed  are  ; 
Nor  quit  my  body  to  the  grave, 
To  fee  corruption  there. 

3  cc  Thou  wilt  reveal  the  path  of  life, 

And  raife  me  to  thy  throne  ; 
Thy  courts  immortal  pleafure  give, 
Thy  prefcnce,  joys  unknown/' 

4  Thus  in  the  name  of  Chriit  the  Lord 

The  holy  David  fung  \ 
And  Providence  fulfils  the  word 
Of  his  prophetic  tongue. 
*  jefus,  whom  every  faint  adores, 
"Was  crucified  and  flain  ; 
Behold  the  tomb  its  prey  reflores  ! 
old  he  lives  again  ! 
6  When  (hall  my  feet  arife  and  fland 
On  heaven's  eternal  hi 
There  fits  the  Son,  at  God's  right  hand, 
And  there  the  Father  fraik 

\\TATT% 

Pfalm  XVII.     Common  Metre.  [^ 

tTbt 

MY  God,  the  vifits  of  thy  face 

To  all  the  fluttering  world  can  gurej 
Or  mortal  ho]  toy. 


P    S    A    L    M    8L  a? 

a  But  clouds  and  darknefs  intervene, 
My  brighteft  joys  decline  ; 
And  earth's  gay  trifles  oft  enfnare 
This  wandering  heart  of  mine. 

3  Lord,  guide  this  wandering  heart  to  thee  ; 

Unfatisfy'd  I  ftray  \ 
Break  through  the  fhadea  of  fenfe  and  fi% 
With  thy  enlivening  ray. 

4  O  let  thy  beams  rcfplendcnt  fnine, 

And  every  cloud  remove  ; 
Transform  my  powers,  and  fit  my  foul 
For  happier  fceries  above. 

5  Lord,  raife  my  faith,  my  hope,  my  heart, 

To  thofe  tran fpor ting  joys  *, 
Then  (hall  I  fcorn  each  little  inare, 
Which  this  vain  world  employs. 

6  Then,  though  I  fink  in  death's  cold  fleepj 

To  life  I  ihall  awake  ; 
And,  in  the  likenefs  of  my  God, 
Of  heavenly  blifs  partake. 

Mrs.  Steel?. 

Pfalnt  XVII.     Long  Metre,.     [#] 

The  Rdfuryeclion. 

WHAT  (inners  value  I  refign  ; 
Lord,  'tis  enough  that  thou  art  mine  j 
I  (hall  behold  thy  blifsful  face, 
And  (land  complete  in  righteoufnefs* 

2  This  life's  a  dream,  an  empty  fnow  ; 
But  the  bright  world  to  which  I  go, 
Hath  joys  fubftantial  and  fincere  ; 
When  (hall  I  wake  and  find  me  there  \ 

3  O  glorious  hour,  O  Mcft  abode  ! 
I  ihall  be  near  and  like  my  God, 

C 


-*6  PSALM    3. 

And  flefn  and  fenfc  no  more  control 
The  pleafures  of  the  foul. 

4  My  flefh  mall  dumber  in  the  ground 
Till  the  Lift  trumpet's  joyful  found  •, 
Then  burft  the  chains  with  glad  furprife, 
And  in  my  Saviour's  image  rife. 


Maim  XVIII.  Firft  Part.     L.  M.  M 

.  :rict  in  dilute   Prr. 

NO  change  of  tines  {hall  ever  fhock 
My  firm  afreet  ion,  Lord,  to  the    ; 
For  thou  haft  always  been  a  reck, 
A  fortrefs  and  defence  to  me. 

2  Thou  my  deliverer  art,  my  Gcd, 
My  truit  is  in  thy  mighty  | 

Thou  art  my  fliield  from  fi  I, 

At  home  my  fafeguard  ana  my  to  v. 

3  To  heaven  I  made  my  moun 

To  God  addrefs'd  my  hum  hi  %  cry  ; 
Who  gracicufly  inclin'd  his 
And  heard  me  from  his  th 

4  The  Lord  did  on  my  fide  t 
From  heaven  my  righteous  i 
And  fav'd  me  from  the  furious  i 

Of  threatening  waves  that  proudly  lweli' 
c  Thou  to  the  juft  fhall  jullice  (how, 
The  pure,  thy  purity  mall  fee  j 
Such  as  pcrverfeiy  chcofe  to  go, 
Shall  nice:  with  due  returns  irom  thee. 
6  V  rves  to  be  adored 

But  God,  on  whom  my  hopes  depen 
Or  who,  riie  mighty  Lord, 

Can  with  rcfdUcfs  power  defend? 

Tate. 


PSALMS.  27 

Jpfillm  XVIII.  Sec.  Part.  /..  M.  [iKor^l 

d  executing  Jndvm  nt  on  bfs 

INC .U3NIBEN T  on  the  binding  flhr, 
The  Lord  defcendtd  from  on  high; 

And  bade  the  darknefs  of  the  pole 
Beneath  his  feet  tremendous  roll. 

2  Thick  woven  clouds  around  him  closed. 
His  fecret  refidence  cc 

And  waters,  high  fufpc  ^ead 

Their  dark  pavilion  o'er  his  head. 

3  His  voice  th'  Almighty  Monarch  rearM, 
Thro'  heaven's  high  vault  in  thunder  heard  ; 
And  down  in  fiercer  conflict  came 
Tremendous  hail  and  mingled  fl  me. 

4  With  aim  direct,  his  fli  ifts  were  fped, 
In  vain  his  foes  before  them  fled  ; 
Around  his  dreadful  lightnings  dray, 
And  fure  deftruftloa  mark,  theii  svay, 

j  Earths  bafis,  open  to  the  eve, 

And  ocean's  fprings  were  leen  to  lie, 

As  the  tempeltuous  fury  pail, 

And  o'er  them  rag'd  tire  dreadful  bin  ft. 

Merrick. 

f)falm  XVIil.   Third  Part.     L.  M.  [;] 

Si*t  ■  :nce. 

LORD,  thou  haft  feen  my  foul  (ulcere, 
Haft  made  thy  truth  and  love  appear; 
Before  my  eyes  1  let  thy  laws, 
And  thou  halt  own'd  my  righteous  caufe. 

have  learnt  thy  holy  ways, 
K  1  a&icms  have  proclaimed  thy  praifc  j 
Or  if  my  feet  did  e'er  depart, 
rJVas  never  with  a  wicked  heart. 


*«  PSALMS, 

3  What  fore  temptations  broke  my  reft  ; 
What  wars  and  ftrugglings  in  my  brcaft  rp 
But  thro'  thy  grace  that  reigns  within, 

I  hope  to  conquer  every  fin. 

4  With  an  impartial  hand,  the  Lord 
Deals  out  to  mortals  their  reward  ; 
The  kind  and  faithful  fouls  (hall  find 
A  God  more  faithful  and  more  kind. 

r  The  juft  and  pure  (hall  ever  fay 

God  is  more  pure  and  juft  than  they ; 
And  men  that  love  revenge  fhalj  know 
God  hath  an  arm  of  vengeance  too. 

Watts. 

Pfalm  XVIII.  Fourth  Part.  C.  M.  [*J 

cThanl-fgitvbig  for  ViRory* 

TO  thine  almighty  arm  we  owe 
The  triumph  of  the  day ; 
Thy  terrors,  Lord,  confound  the  foe, 
And  melt  their  ftrength  away. 

'%  'Tis  by  thine  aid  our  troops  prevail 
And  break  united  powers  \ 
By  thee  their  lofty  walls  we  fcale, 
Or  burn  their  proudeft  towers. 

c  God  fpeaks,  and  at  his  fierce  rebuke 
"Whole  armies  are  difmay'd  •, 
His  voice,  his  frown,  his  angry  look, 
Strike  all  their  courage  dead. 

4  He  forms  our  foldiers  for  the  field, 
With  all  their  martial  fkill ; 
Inftrucls  their  hand  the  fword  to  wield, 
And  gives  them  hearts  of  fteel. 


PSALM    ft  2£ 

The  Lord  our  Saviour  ever  lives, 

His  name  be  ever  bleit -, 
His  powerful  arm  the  vicTory  gives, 

And  gives  his  people  reft. 

Watts. 


Pfalm  XIX.  Firft  Part.     C.  M.  [£j 

The  Voice  of  Nat  a,  t  proclaiming  Gcd. 

THE  heavens  declare  thy  glory,  Lord, 
Which  that  alone  can  fill  ; 
The  firmament  and  ftars  exprefs 
Their  great  Creator's  (kill. 

z  The  dawn  of  each  returning  day 

Frefh  beams  of  knowledge  brings  \ 
And,  from  the  dark  returns  of  night, 
Divine  inftruclion  fprings* 

3  Their  powerful  language  to  no  realm 

Or  region  is  confin'd  •, 

?Tis  nature's  voice,  and  underftcod 
Alike  by  all  mankind. 

4  Their  doctrine  does  its  facred  fenfe 

Through  earth's  extent  difplay, 
Whofe  bright  contents  the  circling  fuq 
Does  round  the  world  convey. 

5  No  bridegroom,  on  his  nuptial  day, 

Has  fuch  a  cheerful  face  ; 

No  giant  does  like  him  rejoice 

To  run  his  glorious  race. 

<J  From  eaft  to  weft,  from  weft  to  eaft, 
His  refllefs  courfe  he  goes  ; 
#A  nd,  through  his  progreis,  cheerful  light 
A-]d  vital  warmth  bellows. 


^o  PSALMS. 

jpfaTntXIX.  Sec  Part.    CM.  rj0r| 

The  Excellency  of  Scripture. 

GOD's  perfett  law  converts  the  foul, 
Reclaims  from  falfe  defires  ; 
With  facred  wifdom  his  fure  word 
The  ignorant  infpires. 

2  The  ftatutes  of  the  Lord  are  juft 

And  bring  fincere  delight ; 
His  pure  commands  in  fearch  of  truth 
Affift  the  feebleft  fight. 

3  His  perfect  worfhip  here  is  fix'd 

On  fure  foundations  laid  ; 
His  equal  laws  are  in  the  fcales 
Of  truth  and  juftice  weigh'd, 

4  Of  more  efteem  than  golden  mines, 

Or  gold  refin'd  with  Ikill ; 
More  iwect  than  honey,  or  the  drops 
Which  from  the  comb  diftil. 

5  My  trufty  counfellors  they  are, 

And  friendly  warning  give  ; 
Divine  rewards  attend  on  thofe 
Who  by  thy  precepts., live. 

6  But  what  frail  man  obferves  how  oft 

He  does  from  virtue  fall  ? 
O  cleanfe  me  from  my  fecret  faults, 
Thou  God,  who  know' it  them  all. 

Tate. 

j^faim  XIX.     Long  Metre.      [$Q 

Nature  and  Scrlptut  e  compared. 

THE  heavens  declare  thy  glory,  Lord, 
In  every  ftar  thy  wifdom  fhines  ; 
But  when  our  eyes  behold  thy  word. 
We  read  thy  name  in  fairer  lines. 


PSALMS.  31 

2  The  rolling  fun,  the  changing  light, 
And  nights  and  days  thy  power  confefs  ; 
But  the  bleft  volume  thou  haft  writ 
Reveals  thy  juftice  and  thy  grace. 

3  Sun,  moon  and  ftars  convey  thy  praife 
Thro'  the  whole  earth,  and  never  {land ; 
So  when  thy  truth  began  its  race, 

It  touch'd  and  glanc'd  on  every  land, 

4  Nor  (hall  thy  fpreading  gofpel  reft, 
Till  thro'  the  world  thy  truth  has  run  ; 
Till  Chrift  hath  all  the  nations  bleft 
That  fee  the  light  or  feel  the  fun. 

5  Great  Sun  of  righteoufnefs,  arife  ; 
Blefs  the  dark  world  with  heavenly  light, 
Thy  gofpel  makes  the  fimple  wife, 

Thy  laws  are  pure,  thy  judgments  right. 

6  Thy  nobleft  wonders  here  we  view, 
In  fouls  renew'd  and  fins  forgiven  ; 
Lord,  cleanfe  my  fins,  my  foul  renew, 
And  make  thy  word  my  guide  to  heaven. 

Watts 

Pfalm  XIX.     Six  Line.     L.  M.  [* 

GREAT  God,  the  heaven's  well  order'dframe 
Declares  the  glory  of  thy  name  ; 
Here  thy  rich  works  of  wonder  ihine  \ 
A  thoufand  (tarry  beauties  there, 
A  thoufand  radiant  marks  appear 
Of  boundlefs  power  and  fkill  divine. 
2  From  night  to  day,  from  day  to  night, 
The  dawning  and  the  dying  light 

Leftures  of  heavenly  wifdom  read  ; 
With  filent  eloquence,  they  raife 
Our  thoughts  to  our  Creator's  praife, 
And  neither  fouud  nor  language  need, 


$*  PSALM    S. 

3  Yet  their  divine  inftrucliions  run 
F$r  is  the  circuit  of  the  fun, 

And  every  nation  knows  their  voice  * 
W  re'  :i  hefpr<  »dfc  his  ;■.  ams  abroad, 
lie  publifhes  his  maker,  God, 

Koils  round,  and  makes  the  earth  rejoice, 

4  But  when  we  read  thy  written  word  ; 
What  light  and  joy  thofe  leaves  afford ! 

Thefe  are  our  ftudy  and  delight : 
Not  honey  fo  invites  the  tafte, 
Nor  gold  that  hath  the  furnace  paft, 

Appears  fo  pleating  to  the  fight. 

5  From  the  difcov'ries  of  thy  law, 
r£tie  perfect  rules  of  life  we  draw  ; 

But  'tis  thy  bleffed  gofpel,  Lord, 
Which  rnake^i  our  guilty  confeience  clean4 
Converts  our  foul,  fubdues  our  fin. 

And  gives  a  free  but  large  reward. 
C  Who  knows  the  errors  of  his  thoughts  I 
Forgive,  O  Lord,  our  fecret  faults, 

And  from  prefumptuous  fins  reftrain  : 
Accept  the  tribute  of  our  praife, 
That  we  have  read  thy  book  of  grace, 

And  book  of  nature,  not  in  vain. 

Watts. 


£>falm  XIX.     Short  Metre.      \M 

For  ii>c  Lord's  Dvy  Alorning* 

BEHOLD  the  morning  fun 
Begins  his  glorious  way, 
His  beams  thro'  all  the  nations  run^ 

And  life  and  light  convey. 
2  But  where  the  gofpel  comess 
It  fpreads  diviner  light ; 


PSALMS.  33 

It  calk  dead  Gnners  from  their  tombs, 
And  gives  the  blind  their  fight 

3  How  perfect  is  thy  word  ! 
And  all  thy  judgments  jufl-! 

Forever  fure  thy  promife,  Lord, 
And  we  fecurely  truft. 

4  My  gracious  God,  how  plain 
Are  thy  dire&ions  given  ! 

O  may  I  never  read  in  vain, 
But  find  the  path  to  heaven. 

5  I  hear  thy  word  with  love, 

0  help  me  to  obey ; 

Send  thy  good  Spirit  from  above, 
To  guide  me,  left  1  ftray. 

6  Whilft  q  ith  my  heart  and  tongue 

1  fpread  my  praife  abroad ; 
Accept  the  worfliip  and  the  fong, 

My  Saviour  and  my  God. 

WrATTf. 

j^falni  XX.     Long  Metre.      [iq 

Fcr  a  D^y  of  Prayer  in  War, 

NOW  may  the  G^d  of  power  and  grace 
Attend  his  people's  humble  cry ; 
Jehovah  hears  when  Ifrael  prays, 
And  fends  deliverance  from  on  high. 

2  The  name  of  Jacob's  God  defends 
Better  than  fhields  or  brazen  walls  ; 
He  from  his  fan<3tuary  fends 
Succour  and  ftrength  when  Zion  calls. 

3  Well  he  remembers  all  our  fighs, 
His  love  exceeds  our  beft  deferts; 
His  love  accepts  the  facrifice 

Of  humble  groans  and  broken  hearts. 


34  PSALM    S. 

/t  In  his  falvation  is  our  ho| 

And  in  the  name  of  God,  the  Lord, 
Our  troops  (hall  lift  their  banners  up, 
Our  (hips  fhall  fprcad  their  Mags  abroad. 

5  Some  truft  in  horfes  train'cl  for  war, 
And  fome  of  chai  :e  their  boafl ; 
Our  fureft  expectations  are 

From  thee,  the  Lord  of  heavenly  hods. 

6  Save  us,  O  Lord,  from  guilty  fear, 
And  let  our  hopes  be  firm  and  ftrong; 
Till  thy  falvation  fhall  appear, 
And  joy  and  triumph  raife  the  long. 


Watt*. 


ipfalm  XXI.     Long  Metre. 

Lx a! fatten  cf  Chriji. 

i  AVID  rejoie'd  i:i  God  his  ftrength, 
_'    Rais'd  to  the  throne  by  fpeciai  grace  j 
But  Chrift  the  Son  appears  at  lengthj 
Fulfils  the  triumph  and  the  praife. 

1  How  great  is  the  Mefliah's  joy 
In  the  falvation  of  thy  hand  ! 
Lord,  thou  haft  rais'd  /  s  kingdom  high, 
And  giv'n  the  world  to  his  command. 

3  Thy  ^oodnefs  grants  whate'er  he  will, 
Nor  doth  the  leaft  requeft  withhold  y 
Bleffings  of  love  prevent  him  ftillj 
And  crowns  of  glory  not  of  gold. 

4  Honour  and  majefty  divine 
Around  his  facred  temples  (bine  ; 
Weft  with  the  favour  of  thy  face, 
And  length  of  cverlafting  days. 

Wat  i 


P    S    A    I,    3VT    S.  35- 

PTalln  XXI f.     Ffrft  Part.  C.  M.  [fl 

-r;  and  Glo,y  qft 

*'  ATOYV',  in  the  hour  of  deep  diftrefs, 
IN     My  God,  fupport  thy  SON, 
When  horrors  dark  my  foul  oppi 

O  leave  me  not  alone  !  ; 

2  Thus  did  our  fullering  Saviour  pray, 

With  mighty  cries  and  tears  ; 
God  heard  him  in  that  dreadful  day, 
And  chas'd  away  his  fears. 

3  Great  was  the  victory  of  his  death, 

His  throne  exalted  (lands ; 
And  all  the  nations  of  the  earth 
Shall  bow  to  his  commands. 

4  A  numerous  offspring  (hall  reward 

e  Saviour's  dying  groan o  J 
u  I  call  them,  faith  the  glorious  Lord* 
My  daughters  and  my, four-.5' 

5  The  me-ek  and  humble  fouls  lhall  fee 

His  table  richly  fpread  ; 
And  all  that  feek  the  Lord  (hall  be 
With  joys  immortal  fed. 

Watts,  varied. 

Pfaltn  XXII.    Second  Pcirt.  L.   I 

i 

- 

- 


26  PSALMS. 

3  "  Behold  the  man  who  did  pretend' 

"  God  was  his  father  and  his  friend  ; 

«  If  God  the  blefled  lov'd  him  fo, 

«  Why  doth  he  fail  to  help  him  now  Vr 

4  O  hardened  people  !  cruel  priefts  ! 
How  they  flood  round  like  favage  beads  F 
Like  lions  gaping  to  devour, 

When  God  had  put  him  in  their  power  \ 

5  They  wound  his  head,  his  hands,  his  feet, 
Till  ilreams  of  blood  er«eh  other  meet ; 
By  lot  his  garments  they  divide, 

And  mock  the  pangs  in  which  he  dy'd. 

6  But  God  his  Father  heard  his  cry  •, 
Rais'd  from  the  dead,  he  reigns  on  high  j 
The  nations  learn  his  righteoufnefs, 
And  humble  finners  taite  his  grace. 

Watts-. 

f)alm  XXII.  Third  Part.  €.  M.  [^orbj 

Obedience  to  God  due  from  all  Men. 

LET  all  the  various  tribes  of  men 
To  God  their  homage  pay ; 
And  diilant  nations  of  the  earth, 
One  fov'reign  Lord  obey. 

2  'Tis  his  prerogative  fupreme 

O'er  fubjecT:  kings  to  reign, 
5Tis  juft  that  he  fhoulJ  rule  the  world, 
Who  does  the  world  fuftain. 

3  The  rich,  whom  he  with  plenty  feeds* 

His  goddnefs  fhall  eonfefs  ; 
The  fons  of  want,  wrhom  he  relieves* 
Their  bounteous  patron  blefs. 

4  With  humble  confidence  to  God 

Let  all  for  aid  repair  j 


P    3    A    L    M    3 
he  who  firft  their  being-  gatfTj 
Will  make  them  dill  his  c 

time  !  when  r»H  cf  human  birth 
Devoted  to  his  name, 
Shall  to  their  heirs   his  facred  truth 
And  glorious  acts  proclaim. 


Tate,  - 


Ipfalm  XXIII.     Common  Metre. 

G:d\-  tendsr  Cere  of  . 

THE  Lord  himfelf,  the  mighry  Lord, 
Is  pleas' d  to  be  my  guide  5 
The  Shepherd  by  whole  coriftant  care 
My  wants  are  all  fupplyM. 

2  In  tender  graft  he  makes  me  feed. 
And  gently  there  repofe  ; 

Then  leads  me  to  cool  (hades,  and  where 
Refrefhing  water  flov 

3  He  does  my  w2nd'riog  feet  reclaim, 
And,  tcS  his  eridlefs  praife, 

Inftruct  with  humble  zeal  to  walk 

In  his  mod  righteous 
I'll  pafs  the  glod 

From  fear  ;  :  free  . 

For  there  his  aiding  rod  and  ftaff 

Defend  and  comfort  me. 
With  liberal  and  unceafing  care, 

He  does  my  table  lpread  \ 
He  crowns  my  cup  with  che  .e, 

With  oil  anoints  my  head. 
6  Since  God  doth  thus  his  wond'rous  love 

Through  ail  my  life  extend, 
That  life  to  him  I  will  devote, 

And  in  his  temple  ipexuL 

TjLTt. 

D 


V    3    A    tl    M 

H aim  xx  in.  if^    , 

C 

THE  Lord  my  ihqmcrd  is, 
I  ihull  be  well  Vupply'd  i 
Since  he  is  mine,  and  1  am  his, 

'What  can  I  want  befid 
j2  He  leads  me  to   the  place 

Whete  heavenly  paflure  gro\! 
Where  living  Waters  gently  pa) 
And  full  ialvation  flows. 

3  If  e'er  I  go  aftray, 

He  doth  "my  foul  reclaim  ; 
And  guides  n>e  in  his  own  right  way, 
For  his  mod  holy  name. 

4  Whilft  he  affords  his  jikIj 
I  cannot  yield  to  fear  ; 

Tho'  I  mould  walk  through  death's  dark  fhadey 
My  God  is  with  me  th 

5  In  fight  of  all  my  foes, 
He  does  my  table  fpread  ; 

My  cup  with  bleffings  overflow^ 

And  joy  exalts   my  head. 

6  The  bounties  of  his  love 
Shall   crown  my  future  d: 

Nor  from  his  houle  will  I  remove, 
Nor  ceafe  to  fpeak  his  praife. 

Jpfalm  XXIII.  Six  Line  hong  Mitre*  [#  J 

c  -j  c  r  s ' 

T.  Lord  my  shall  prepare, 

And  feed  me  with  a  ffiephenfc  care  y 
His  prefence  (hall  my   wants  fupply, 
And  guard  me  with  a  watchful  eye  : 


V    S    A    L    M    S.  3^ 

My  noon  dky  walks   he  fliall   attend, 
And  all  my  midnight  hours  defend. 

2  When  in  the    fultry  glebe  I  faint, 
Or  on  the  thirfty  mountain  pant  •, 
To  fertile  vales, "  and  dewy  meads. 
My   weary,   wandering  fteps  he  leads  ; 
Where  peaceful  rivers,  foft  and  now, 
Amid  the  verdant  landflrips  flow, 

2  Though  in  a  bare  and  rugged  way, 
Through  devious,    lonely  wilds  I  ftray, 
His  bounty   {hall   my    pains   beguile, 
The   barren   wildernefs   {hall   imile  ; 
With  lively  greens   and   herbage  crown'd, 
And  ftreams  {hail  murmur   ail   around. 

4  Though  in   the   paths  of  death  I  tiead, 
With    gloomy    horror?    overfpread, 
My  ftedfaft  heart   mill  fear  no  ill, 
For  thou,  O  Lord,  art  with  me  ftill  \ 
Thy  friendly  ft  a  it'  mall  give  me   aid, 
And  guide  me  through   the  difmal   ihade. 

Addison. 

PXallH  XXIV.     Common  Metre.    [*] 

;  Go  J  approves. 

THIS  fpacibus  earth  is    all  the  Lord's, 
•The    lord's   her  fulnefs    is  ; 
rhe  world,   and    they  who  dwell  therein, 
By  (overeign   right    are  his. 
2  He  fix'd  the  land,    and  fpread  the  feas, 
With  all  which  they    contain  ; 
Then  man  in  his   own  image  form'd, 
CTer  all   thefe   works   to   reign. 
\  But  for  himfelf,  this  Lord  of  all 
One  chojfen  feat  defigu'd  ; 


4*  PSALM    S, 

O  who  fhall  to  that  facrcd  hill 
Defir'd  admittance  find  ? 

4  The  man  whole   hands  and   heart  are  pure, 

W]  from  pride  are  free  *, 

Who  honeit   poverty  prefers 
To   gainful   perjury. 

5  This  is  the  man  on  whom  the  Lord 

Shall   fhower  his   bleiiings   down  ; 
Whom  God  his  Saviour  ihall  be  plea&'d 
With  righteoufneis  to  crown. 

6  Such  is  the  character  of  thofe 

Who  feek  the   face  of  God  ; 
Whole  happy  feet    fhall  ftand  within 
The  place  of  his  abode. 

Tate,  varied. 

JPfalm  XXIV.     Lcng  Metre.    [«] 

Jhuvcn  tht  Residence  of  Saint* ,  and  ibe  Afccttfton  of  Cbriji. 

*~|~^HIS  fpacious  earth  is  all  the  Lord's, 
JL    And  men  and  worms  and  beads  and  birds  \ 
He  rais'd  the  building  on  the  feas, 
And  gave  it  for  their  dwelling  place. 

2  But  there's  a  brighter  world  on  high, 
Thy  palace,   Lord,   above  the  fky  ; 
Who  ihall  afcend  that   Weft  abode, 
And  dwell  fo  near  his  Maker,   God  ? 

3  He  who  abhors   and  fears  to  fin, 
Whofe  heart  is  pure,  whofc  hands  are  d 
Him  fhall_  the  Lord,  the  Saviour  blefs, 
And  clothe  his   foul  witli  righteoufnefs. 

4  Thefe  are  the   men,   the  pious  race 
W  ho  feek   the   Cod  of  Jacob's  face; 
Thefe  (ball  enjoy  the  blifsful  fight, 
And  dwell  in  ercrlalling  light. 


P    S    A    L    M    S.  -  4i 

5  Rejoice,  ye  fhiuing  world*  'i, 

Behold  the  i  *h  ! 

Who  can  this  King  of  glory  b 

The  mighty  Lord,   the  Saviours  he, 

6  Yc  gates,  your   leaves  diiplay, 
To  make  the  Lo  .    way  ; 
Laden  with  fpqils  from  earth  and  hell, 

E  Conqueror  comes,  with  God  to  d\velln 

7  Rais'd  from  the  dead,  he  goes  before, 
He  opens  heaven  i  door, 

a  Weft  abode 
With  their  Redeemer  and  their  God. 

l$Mm  XXV.     Short  Metre.       [-] 

:/s  and  Bit, 

TO  God  I  lift  my  eyes, 
My  trirft  is  in  his  name  ; 
And  they  whofe  hope  on  him  relies, 
Shall  never  fufier  ilia  me. 

2  From  the  firft  dawning  light 

Till  the  dark  evening's  {hade, 
For  thy  falvation,  Lord,  I  wait, 
And  afk  thy  heavenly  aid. 

3  Remember  all  thy  grace, 

And  lead  me  in    thy  truth  •, 
Forgive  the  fins  of  riper  age, 
And  follies   of  my  youth. 

4  Thro'  all  the  ways  of  God. 

Both  truth  and  mercv  fhine* 
To  thofe  who  with  religious  hearts 
To  his  bled   will  incline. 

5  He  thofe  in  fafety  guides 

Who  his  direction  fcekj 


H  P   S    A    L    M   S. 

And  in  his  facred  paths  will  lead 
The  humble  and  the  meek. 

6  For  thy  own  goodnefs'  fake, 

Save  thou  my  foul  from  fhame  \ 
And  pardon  all  my  fins,  tho'  great, 
Thro'  my  Redeemer's  name. 

Tate  and  Wait?,  united  and  raricd. 
^ I 

iPfalm  XXVL     Long  Metre.       [>] 

Self  Examination* 

JUjJTjE  me,  O  God,  and  prove  my  ways, 
And  try  my  reins,  and  try  my  heart  -7 
My  faith  upon  thy   promife  flays, 
Nor  from  thy  word  my  feet  depart* 
>2  I  hate   to  walk,  I  hate  to  fit 
With  men  of  vanity  and  lies ; 
The  (coffer  and  the  hypocrite 
In  my  efteem  fhall  never  rife. 
n  In   innocence  I'll   wafh  my  hands, 
*  From  pride  and  guilt  and  folly  clear  % 
Then  at   thy  facred   altar   Hand, 
And  hope   to  find  acceptance   there* 

4  I  love  thy  habitation,  Lord, 
'  The  temple  where  thy  honours  dwell  j 
There  mail  1  hear  thy  holy  word, 
And  there   thy    works  of  wonder  tell, 
C  Let  not  my  foul  be  join'd  at  laft 
With  men  of  treachery  and  blood  ; 
Since  I  my   days  on    earth  have  paft 
l^cpQPg  the  faints,  and  near  my  God. 


PSALMS.  43 

pfalm  XXVII.    Common  Metre.  [$  or ';] 

The   Church  is  our  Safety  and  Dclrght. 

THE  Lord  of  glory  is  my  light, 
And  my  falvation  too  ; 
God  is  my  ftrength,  nor   will  I  fear 
What  mortal  flefh  can  do. 

2  One  privilege  my  heart  defires, 

O  grant  me  an  abode 
Among  the  churches  of  thy  (aintSj 
The  temples  of   my   God. 

3  There  fhall  1  offer  my  requefts, 

And  fee  thy  glory^  dill  ; 
Shall  hear  thy  mefiages  of  love, 
And  learn  thy  holy  will. 

4  When  troubles  rife  and  ftorms  appear, 

There  may  his  children  hide  : 
God  has  a  ftrong  pavilion,  where 
He  makes  my  foul  abide. 
c  Should  friends  and  kindred,  near  and  dear.. 
Leave  me   to   want    or    die  ; 
My   God   would  make  my    life   his  care, 
And  all  my  need  fupply. 
0  Wait  on  the  Lord,  ye   trembling  faints. 
And    keep  your  courage    up    ; 
He'll  raife  your   fpirit  when  it  faints, 
And  elevate  your  hope. 

Watt?, 

Pfaim  XXVII.      Long  Metre.     [^ 

'The  Safety   cf  trifling   in  Cod. 

THE  Lord,  my  Saviour,  is  my  light, 
What  terrors  can   my  ibui  affright  ? 
Whilft  God,    my  ftrength,  my  life,  is  near^ 
\{lm  mortal  fhall  alarrn.  mr  fear  \ 


44  PSA    L    M    S. 

2  When  numerous  hoiis  befiege  ma  row 
My  courage  fliall  maintain  i  ind  ; 
Tho*  war  mould  rife  in                 fay, 
God  is  my  ftrength,  h                .    .  ftay. 

3  This  only  blifs  my  h 
To  this  iv 

In  God's  own  Ko 

To  hear  his  word,  and 

4  When   troubles  rife,   rr 
Will  hide  me  fafe  i 

Firm  ftand, 

Suftain'd   by  his  aim  nd. 

5  Should  even  friend  depart, 

•  t  ; 
The  God  on  nd, 

Will  be  my  father  and  my  frit 

6  Ye  humble  fouls,  in  every  ftra.it 

On  God  with  faith  and  patience  wait ; 
His  hand  fhalj  life  and  ftrength  afford  ; 
Wait,  therefore^  ever  on  the  Lord. 

9 

jpfalni  XXVIII.     Common  Mcl'-.     n 

The  humble  Suppliant    f  riffling  in  Go  J. 

OLORD,  my  roek,  to  thee  I  cry, 
In  fighs  confume  my  breath  ; 
Hear  me,  O  Lord,  or  I  (hall  be 
Like  thoie  who  ileep  in  death. 
2  Regard  my  (application,   Lord, 
cries  that  I  repeat, 
With  weeping  eyes  and  lifted  hands, 
Before  thy  mercy  feat. 

^  If  wicked  men  thy  works  defnife, 
Nor  will  thy  grac 


PSALMS.  4-. 

juftjce  (hall  avenge  the  caufe, 
ad  build  them  up  no  more. 

a  But  I,  with  gratitude  infpir'd, 
-  praifes  will  refour.-.  ; 
From  whom,   the  cries   of  my  uifirefs 
A  gracious  anfwer  found. 

5  As  thou  has  BlPd  my  heart  with  joy, 

Tis  ittft  that  I  mould  raife 
The  cheerful  tribute  of  my  thanks, 
And  celebrate  thy  praife. 

6  Prelerve  thy  people,   Lord,   ?.nd   d 

rrhy  heritage  to  hies  ; 
Crown  them  with  plenty  and  with  peace, 
With  honour  and  fuccefs. 

Tate,  varied, 

J^Talm  XXIX.      Long  Metre. 

Tbt  Mqjcfy  c/C:J  h  Tbmm 

GIVE  to  the  Lord,  ye  fons  of  fame, 
Give  to  the  Lord  renown  and  power  5 
Afcribe  due  honors  to  his  name, 
And  his  eternal  might  adore. 

2  1  he  Lord  proclaims  his  power  aloud 
O'er  the  vail  ocean   and  the  land  ; 
His  voice  diilblves  the  watery  cloud, 

htnings  blaze  at*his  command. 

3  When  he  from  heaven  in  thunder  fpeaks* 

th  majefty  and  terror  crown'd  \ 
His  voice  the  (lately  cedar  breaks, 
And  throws  its  fcatter'd  limbs  around. 

4  His  voice  divides  the  fumes  of  fire, 
And  forked  ftreaks  of  lightning  fends, 
The  mountain  trembles  at  his   ire, 
The  lofty  foreit  lowly  bends, 


AC  P    S    A    L 

5  His  lijhinh: 
And 

The  hind 

And  fhuddei  rid. 

6  The  Lord 

The  Thundi  %  •, 

But  makes  his  church  I  '  le, 

Where  we  hi 

7  In  gentler  language,  here  I 

The  counfels  of  his  grace  imparts  ; 
Amidfl  the  raging  ltorm,  his  v. 
Speaks  peace  and  comfort  to  oi 

YVa'i  rs  and  Tai  I  md  varied. 

ipfailil  XXX.      Common  Metre.     [>  ] 

Pr.. 

ENEATH  my  Jtccling  arm, 

How  did 
And  fondly  hop'4  no  future  harm 

Would  :.  joys- 

Lord,  ' 

Th]  g  face  withdrew, 

Then  troubles  fill'd  my  anxi         breaftj 
Arid  . .'.y  foul  ai 

.     racious  ( 

To 

With  fuppiicatin. 
What  glory  can  my  death  afford. 

In  the  dark  grave  ponfin'd 
Shall  fenfelefs  dull  adore  the  Lord, 

Or  call  thy  truth  to  mind  ? 
Hear,  O  my  God,  in  mercy  hear, 

Attend  my  plaintive  cry  ; 


B 


V    R    A    L    M    S.  47 

Be  thou,  my  gracious  helper,  near. 

And  bid  my   forrows  fly. 
tin  I  hear  the  voice  divine  -> 

New  joys  exalting  bound  ; 
My  robes  of  mourning  I  refign, 

And  gladnefs  girds  me  round, 

7  Then  let  my  utmofl   glory  be 

'To  raiie  thy  honours  high, 
Nor   let  my  gratitude  to  thee 
In  guilty    fdence  die. 

8  To  gracious    God,  I  ralfe 

My   thankful  heart  and  tongue  \ 
O  he  thy  goodnefs  and  thy  praife 
My  everlafting  fong. 

Mrs.  Steejli\ 


pfalilt  XXX.     Long  Metre.     [£j 

: :  n-rfs. 

FIKM  was  my  health,  my  day  was  bright, 
And  I  prefunrd  'twould  ne'er  be  night  % 
Fondly  I  faid  within  my  heart, 
**  Pieafure  and  |  .'A  ne'er  depart/' 

2  But  I  forgot  thine  arm  was  ftfong, 
Which  niade  my  mountain  ftand  fo  long  ; 
Soon  as  thy  face  began  to  hide, 

health  was  gone,  my  comfort  dy'd. 

3  Corrected  by  a  Father's  rod, 

1  cry'd  crloud  to  thee,  my  God  5 

"  If  laid  in  duft,  can  I  declare 

"  Thy  truth,  or  fing  thy  goodnefs  thcr. 

4  "  Hear  me,  O  God  of  grace,"  I  faid, 

<c  And  bring  me  from  among  the  dead  ? 
Thy  word  rebuk'd  the  pains  I  felt, 
Thy  pardoning  love  remov'd  my  gui 


PSALMS. 

5   My  fad  complaints  in  praifes  end, 
Arid  tears  of  gratitude  defcend, 
I  throw  my  f.ickcloth  on  the  ground, 
And  eafe  and  gladnefs  gird  me  round. 

,  the  glory  of  my  frame, 
power  and  goodnefs  (hall  proclaim  ; 
Thy  pr.iife  dull  found  thro'  earth  and  he 
For  Ccknefs  healM,   and  fins  forgiven. 

g>falm  XXXI.      Common  Metre. 
idufjhm  nyirrfs. 

COME,  O  ye  faints,  your  voices  raife 
To  God  in  grateful  few 
And  let  the  memory  of  his  grace 
Infpire  your  hearts  and  tongv 

2  Kis  frown  what  rriortal  can  fuftain  ? 

But  fofon  his  anger  die 

His  life-re  florin  g  fmile   again 
Returns,  and   forrow  flies. 

3  Her  dcepeft  gloom,  when  forrow  fpread:, 

And  light  and  hope  depart, 

His  face  celeflial  morning  fhed  , 

And  joy  revives  the  heart, 

4  To  thee,  my  God,  opptefs'd  with  grief, 

I  breath'd  my  humble  cry  ; 
Thy  nlercy  brought  divine  relief, 
And  wip'd  my  weeping  eye. 

£  Thy  mercy  eKas'd  the    fhr.des  of  death, 
d  me  from  the  grave  ; 
C  that  breath 

:y  deigns  to  fave. 

Mr, 


PSALMS.-  49 

jpfitlm  XXXI.     Long  Metre.  [*  or  |>] 

ConjiJence   in   God. 

LORD,  in  thy  great,   thy  glorious  name^ 
I  place  my  hope,  my  only  truft  ; 
Save  me  from  forrow,  guilt,  and  fhame, 
Thou  ever  gracious,  ever  juft. 

2  Thou  art  my  Rock,  thy  name  alcne 
The  fortrefs  v/liere  my  hopes  retreat  ; 
O  make  thy  power  and  mercy  known. 
To  fafety  guide  my  wandering  feet. 

3  To  thy  kind  hand,  all  gracious  Lord, 
My  foul  I  cheerfui'y  refign  ; 

My  faviour  God,  I  truft  thy  word, 
For  truth,  immortal  truth,  is  thine. 

4  I  hate  their  work:,  I  hate  their  way's, 
Who  follow  vanity   and  lies  ; 

But  to  the  Lord   my  hopes  I  raife, 
And  truft  his  power,  who  built  the  flue* 

5  What  perfe£t  blifs*  O  bounteous  Lcrd; 
Immeniely  great,  divinely  free, 

Had  thou  referv'd  for  their   reward, 
WhD  fear  thy  name,  and  truil  in  thee  ! 

6  Bled  be  the  Lord,  forever  bled, 
Whofe  mercy  bids  my   fear  remove  ; 
The  facr:d  wall 3  1  my  reft, 
Are  his  almighty  power  and  love. 

7  Ye  humble  fouls,  who  feek  his  f.ice, 
Let  facred  cc  1  your  heart  ! 
Hope  in  the  Lord,  and  truil  his  grace, 
And  he  will  heavenly  fcrcngth  import. 

Mr*.  Sts 

E 


50  PSALMS. 

f)falm  XXXII.      Long  Metre.      [J 

Tic  Mark*  cf  true  Repentance. 

HE's  bled  whofe  fins  have  pardon  gain'd, 
No  more  in  judgment  to  appear  \ 
Whofe  guilt  remiflion  has  obtaiivd, 
And  whofe  repentance  is  fincere. 

2  From  guile  his  heart  and  lips  arc  free, 
His  humble  joy,  his  holy  fear 

With  deep  repentance  well  agree, 
And  join  to  prove  his  faith  fincere, 

3  Whilft  I  kept  filence  and  conceal'd 
My  load  of  guilt  within  my  heart, 
What  torment  did  my  confeience  feel  ! 
What  agony  of   inward  fmart  ! 

4  Heavy  on  me  thy  hand  remain'd, 
By  day  and  night  alike  diftrefs'd  \ 
Till  quite  of  vital  moifture  draizVd, 

Like  land  with  fummer  drought  opprefs'd. 

5  No  fooner  I  my  wound  difclos'd, 
The  guilt  that  tortur'd  me  within  ; 
But  toy  forgivenefs  intcrpos'd, 

And  mercy's  healing  balm  pour'd  in, 

6  For  this  difplay  of  fovereign  grace, 
In  my  diftreft  io  freely  given, 
Each  humble   foul  will  feck  thy  face, 
And  find  his  way  to  peace  and  heaven. 

Tate  and  Watts,  united  and  varied. 

Jpfaim  XXXII.     Short  Metre.     fr] 

C  ■  fi  fan   dud   P. 

O  BLESSED   fouls  are  they, 
Whofe  fins  are  covered  o'er, 
Divinely  bleft,   to  whom  the  Lord 
Imputes  their  guilt  no  more  ! 


PSALMS.  51 

2  They  mourn  their  follies  paft, 
And  keep  their  hearts  with  care  •, 

Their  iips  and  lives,  without  deceit, 
Shall  prove  their  faith  fincere. 

3  When  I  conceal'd  my  guilt, 
I  felt  the  fettering  wound  ; 

But  1  confefs'd  my  fin  to  thee, 
And  ready  pardon  found. 

4  Let  finners  learn   to  pray, 

Let  faints  keep  near  the  throne  ; 
Our  help,  in  time  of  deep  diftrefs, 
Is  found  in  God  alone. 

Watts. 

JPfalm  XXXIII.     Common  Metre.     [#] 

The  IVorkj  of  Creation  ar.d  Providence. 

REJOICE,  ye  righteous,  in  the  Lord, 
This  work  belongs  to  you  \ 
Sing  of  his  name,  his  ways,  his  word, 
How  holy,  juft  and  true  ! 

2  His  mercy  and  his  righteoufnefs 

Let  heaven  and  earth  proclaim  •, 
His  works  of  nature  and  of  grace 
Reveal  his  wond'rous  name. 

3  His  wifdom   and   almighty  word 

The  heavenly  orbits  fpread  ; 
And  by  the  Spirit   of  the  Lord 
Their  mining  hofts  were  made. 

4  He  bade  the  liquid  waters  flow 

To  their  appointed  deep  ; 
The  flowing  leas  their  limits  know, 
And  their  own  (ration  keep. 

5  Ye  tenants  of  the  fpacious  earth, 

With  fear  before  him  ftand  : 


S2  PSA    L    M    S. 

He  fpoke,  and  nature  took  its  birth, 
And  reds  on  his  command. 

6  He  fcorns  the  angry  nations'  mge, 
And  breaks  their  vain  defigns  ; 
His  counfel  (lands  thro'  every  age, 
And  in  full  glory  fhines. 


Watts. 


Pfalm  XXXIII.    Six  Line  L.  M.     qj 

Creatures   tualni  and  God  all-fvjficient. 

HAPPY  the  nation,  where  the  Lord 
Reveals  the  treafure  of  his  word, 
And  builds  his  church,  his  earthly  throne  j 
His  eye  the  heathen  world  fury 
He  form'd  their  hearts,  he  knows  their  ways, 
But  God,  their  Maker,  is  unknown, 

2  Let  kings  rely  upon  their  hoft, 

And  of  his  ftrength,  the  warrior  boafl. 
In  vain  they  boaft,  in  vain  rely  \ 

In  vain  they  truft:  the  brutal  force, 

Or  fpeed,  or  courage  of  the  h<  . 
To  guard  his  rider,  or  to  ily. 

3  The  eye  of  thy  compaflion,  Lord, 
Doth  mere  fecure  defence  afford* 

When  death  and  danger  threatening  (land  j 
Thy  watchful  eye  preserves  the  juft, 
Who  make  thy  name  their  fear  and  truft, 

When  wars  or  famine  watte  the  land. 

4  In  ficknefs,  or  the  bloody  field, 
Thou,  our  Phylkian,   thou,  our  Shield, 

Send  us  falvation  from  thy  throne  , 
We  wait  to  fee  thy  goodnefs  fhine, 
Let  us  rejoice  in  help  divine, 

Lor  all  our  hope   is  God  alone, 

Watts, 


PSA   L   M   S.  53 

J£)faim  XXXIV.  FirftPart.    CM.  [*] 

Encourjrcmcnt  to  trvft  and    love  GmJ. 

THRO'  all  the  changing  fcenes  of  life, 
In  trouble  and  in  joy, 
The  prailes  of  my  God  (hall  (till 
My  heart  and  tongue  employ. 

2  Of  his  dellv'rance  I  will  boaft, 

Tiil  all  who  are  diftrelYd, 
From  my  example  comfort  take, 
And  charm  their  griefs  to  reft. 

3  The  hofts  of  God  encamp  aroun4 

The  dwellings  of  the  juit  : 
Protection  he  affords  to  all 

Who  make  his  name  their  trufl. 

4  O  make  but  trial  of  his  love, 

Experience  will  decide  ; 
How  bleft  are  they,  and  only  they 
Who  in  his  truth  confide. 

5  Fear  him,  ye  faints,  and  you  will  then 

Have  nothing  eife  to  fear  : 
Make  you  his  fervice  your  delight, 
Your  wants  fhall  be  his  care. 

6  Whilft  hungry  lions  lack  their  prey, 

The  Lord  will  food  provide 
For  fuch  as  put   their  truft  in  him  ; 
And  fee  their  wants  fupply'd. 

Tate. 

jpfalm  XXXIV.    Sec.  Part.    CM.  [^ 

The  Way  cf  Holinefs  and  its  Reward. 

APPROACH,  ye  pioufly  difpos'd, 
And  my  inftruclion  hear  ; 
I'll  teach  you  the  true  difcipline 
Of  God's  religious  fear. 
Ez 


54  PSALM    S. 

2  Let  him  who  length  of  life  dcfjres, 

And  prcfperous  days  would  fee  ; 
From  fland'ring  language  keep  his  tongue^ 
His  lips  from  falfehood  free. 

3  The  crooked  paths  cf  vice  decline, 

And  virtue's  ways  purfue  ; 

Eftabiifh  peace  where  'tis  begun, 

And  where  'tis  loft,  renew. 

4  The  Lord  from  heaven  beholds  the  juft 

With  favourable  eyes  ; 
And  when  diftrefs'd,  his  gracious  ear 
Is  open  to  their  cries. 

c  Deliv'rance  to  his  faints  he  gives, 
When  his  relief  they  crave  ; 
He's  nigh  to  heal  the  brc'ken  heart, 
The  contrite  fpirit  fave, 

T,AT£. 

3Pfatm  XXXV.  ver.  1 2, 1 5, 14.  C.  M.  M 

Love  to  Enemies, 

BEHOLD  the  love,  the  generous  love 
Which  holy  David  (hews  [ 
Hark,  how  his  tender  pity  moves 
To  his  afflicled  foes  ! 

%  When  they  are  fick,  his  fcul  compla'mcj 
And  feems  to  feel  the  fmart  ; 
The  fpirit  of    the  gofpel  reigns, 
And  melts  his  pious   heart. 

^  How  did  his  flowing  tears  condole, 
As  for  a  brother  dead  ! 
And,  fading,  mortify'd  Jiis  foul, 
lift  for  their  life  he  pray'd   J 


PSALMS.  55 

4  They  Groan,  and  curfe  him  on  their  bed  -, 
Yet  ilill  he  pleads   and  mourns  ; 
And  double  bleflings  on  his  head 
The  righteous  God  returns. 

c  O  glorious  type  of  heavenly  grace  ! 
y\  hus  Chrift,  the  Lord,  appears  ; 
Whilfl  Tinners  curfe,  the  Saviour  prays. 
And  pities  them  with  tears. 
6  He,  the  true  David,  Ifraei's  King, 
BleiYd  and  bclov'd  of  God, 
To  fave  our  fouls  from  death  and  fin, 
Shed  his  own  precious  blood. 

\V\vtt:. 

J?ra!m  XXXVI.  Firft  Verfi.  L.M.  £*} 

Tl:  Perflate r.;  ard  Ft evidence  of  God, 

THY  mercy,  Lord,  my  only  hope, 
The  higheft  orb  of  heaven  trsnfcends  ; 
Thy  facred  truth's  unmeafur'd  fcope 
Above  the  fpreadiiig  hues  extends. 
}L  Thy  juftice  like  the  hills  remains, 

Unfathom'd  depths  thy  judgments  are  ^ 
Thy  providence  the  world  fultains, 
The  whole  creation  is  thy  care, 

3  Since  of  thy  goodnefs  all  par-take, 

With  what  affurancc  Ihould  the  jufk 
Thy  fheltering  wings  their  refuge  make. 
And  faints  to  thy  proteftion  truft. 

4  Suchguefts  mall  to  thy  courts  be  led, 

To  banquet  on  thy  love's  repaft  ; 
And  drink,  as  from  the  fountain  head, 
Of  joys  that  (hall  forever  laft. 

5  Then  let  thy  faints  thy  favour  gain, 

truth  difplayi 


56  PSALM    S. 

With  thee,  the  fprings  of  life  remain, 
Thy  prefence  is  eternal  day. 

Tat*. 


l^falm  XXXVI.   Sec.Verfi.  L.  M.  [*J 

The  Divine  Being  and  Pcrfcclions. 

HIGH  in  the  heavens,  eternal  God, 
Thy  good  n^fs  in  full  glory  (hines  ; 
Thy  truth  {hall  break  thro*  every  cloud, 
"Which  veils  and  darkens  thy  dejGgns. 

2  Forever  firm  thv  juftice  Rands, 

As  mountains  their  foundations  keep  \ 
Wife  are  the  wonders  of  thy  hands, 
Thy  judgments  are  a  mighty  deep. 

3  Thy  providence  is  kind  and  large, 
Both  men  and  beads  thy  bounty  fhare  j 
The  whole  creation  is  thy  charge, 

But  faints  are  thy  peculiar  care. 

4  Oh  God,  how  excellent  thy  gra;c, 
Whence  ail  our  hope  and  comfort  fprings  ? 
The  fons  of  Adam,  in  diftrefs, 

Fly   to  the  fhadow  of  thy  wings. 

c  From  the  provifions  of  v.hv  houie 
We  {hall  be  fed  with  rich  repair ; 
There   mercy  like  a  river  flows, 
And  brings  falvation  to  our  taile. 

(>  Life,  like  a  fountain  full  and  free, 

Springs  from  the  pretence  cf  the  Lord  j 
And  in  thy  light,  our  fouls  fhall  fee 
The  glories  promised  in  thy  word. 

Wat  if, 


: 


P    S    A    L    M    S.  57 

jpfaim  XXXVII.  Fird  Fart.  C.  M.  [b] 

TL   i  -  y  j;-i  Unbdnf. 

WHY  fhculd  I  vex  my  foul,  and  fret 
To  fee  the  wicked  rife  ? 
Or  envy  finners  waxing  great, 
By  violence  and  lies  r 

2  As  ficv.-cry  gr^.fs,  cut   down  at  noon, 

Before  the  evening  fades, 
So  (hall  their  glory  vaniffi  foon, 
In    everlafting    {hades. 

3  Then  let  me  make  the  Lord  my  truft, 

And  practife  all  that's  good  ; 
'  So  malll  dwell  among  the  juft, 
And  never  want  for  food. 

4  I  to  my  God,  my  ways  commit, 

And  cheerful  wait  his  will  ; 
Thy  hand,  which  guides  my  doubtful  feetj 
Shall  my  defires  fulfil. 

5  Mine  innocence  fhalt  thou  difplay, ' 

And  make  thy  judgments    known  ; 
Fair  as  the   light  of  dawning   day, 
And  glorious  as  the  noon. 

6  The  meek  (hall  dill  the  earth  poffefs, 

And  be  the  heirs  of  heaven  ; 
True  riches,  in  abundant  peace, 
To  humble  foul6  are  given. 

Watts. 

|?falm  XXXVIL  Sec.  Part.  C.  M.    ft] 

Religion  in  Words  and  Deeds. 

WHY  do  the  wealthy  wicked  bcafl, 
And  grow  profanely  bold  ? 
The  meaneft  portion  of  the  jufl 
Excels  the  tinner's  gold. 


58  PSALMS. 

2  The  wicked  borrows  of  his  friends, 

But  ne'er  defigns  to  pay  ; 
The  juft  is  merciful,  and  lends, 
Nor  turns  the  poor  away. 

3  His  alms  with  liberal  hand  he  gives 

To  all  the  fons  of  need  ; 
His   memory  to  long  ages  lives, 
And  blefied  is  his  feed. 

4  His  lips  abhor  to  fpeak  profane, 

To   {Under  or  defraud  ; 
His  ready  tongue  declares  to  men 
What  he  has  learn'd  of  God. 

5  The  law  and  gofpel  of  the   Lord 

Deep  in  his  heart   abide  ; 
Led  by  the  Spirit  and  the  word, 
His  feet  fhall  never  Aide. 

6  When  finners  fall,  the  righteous  ftand, 

Prefery'd  from  every  fnare  •, 
They  (hall  po fiefs  the   promis'd  land, 
And  dwell  forever  there. 

Watt?. 

J^falmXXXVU.  ThirdPart.C.M.[*oib3 

¥':;  Ji'jy  and  End  of  the  Righteous  and  the  Wicked, 

MY  God,  the  fteps  of  pious  men 
Are  order'd  by  thy  will  ; 
Though  they  ihould  fall,  they  rife  again, 
Thy  hand   fupports  them  '{till. 

2  The  Lord  delights  to  fee  their  ways, 
Their   virtue  he   approves  ; 
He'll  ne'er  deprive  them   of  his  grace. 
Nor  leave  the  men  he  loves. 


PSALMS.  $9 

3  The  heavenly  heritage  is  theirs, 

Their  portion  and   their  home  ; 
He  feeds  them  now,  and  makes  them  heir* 
Of  bleffings  long  to  come. 

4  The  haughty  firmer  have  I  fcen, 

Not  Fearing-   man  or  God  *, 
Like  princely  laurel  fair  and  green5 
Spreading  his  arms  abroad  : 
r   And  lo,   he  vanifh'd  from  the  ground, 
Deftroy'd  by  hands  unfeen  ; 
Nor  root,  nor  branch,  nor  leaf  was  found, 
Where  all  that  pride  had  been. 
6  But  mark  the  man  of  righteoufnefs, 
His  feveral  fteps  attend  ; 
True  pleafure  runs  through  all  his  ways, 
And  peaceful  is  his   end. 

Watts. 

$>faim  XXXVIII.  ver.9,  io.  CM.  [-;] 

Corfolatitn    in    Death. 

MY  Soul,    the  awful  hour  will  come, 
Apace  it  haftens  on, 

To  bear  this  body  to  the  tomb, 
And' thee  to  fcenes  unknown. 

2  My  heart,  long  labouring  with  its  woes. 
Shall  pant  and  fink  away  ; 

And  y'ci*  my  eyelids,  foon   mail  clofe 
On  the  Lift  glimmering  ray. 

3  Whence,  in  that  hour,   QmJ1  I  receive 
A  cordial  for  my    pain  ? 

When,   if  the  richcit  were  my  fi 
Thofe  friend  weep  in  vain  \ 

4  Great  King  of  qaturc  and  of  grace,- 
To  tliee  my  r 


6o  PSALMS, 

And  opens  al .  its  deep  diftrefs 
Before  thy  pitying  eyes. 

5  All  my  defires  to  thee  are  known, 

And  every  fecret  fear  ; 
The  meaning  of  each  broken  groan 
Is  notie'd  by  thine  ear. 

6  O  place  me  by  that  mighty  power 

Which  to   iuch  love  belong:, 
Where  darknefs  veils  the  eyes  no  more, 
And  groans  are  chang'd  to  fongs. 

DoDDRfDGK. 

Pfaim  XXXIX.     Common  Metre.     [J 

A£mV  Mortality. 

TEACH  me  the  mcafurc  of  my  days, 
Thou  Maker  of  my  frame  ; 
1  would  furvey  life's  narrow  fpace, 
And  learn  how  frail  I  am. 

2  A  fpan  is  all  that  we  can  hoafl, 

How  Qiort  the  fleeting  time  ? 
Man  isbutvanir*  and  dull, 
In  all  his  flower  and  prime. 

3  See  the  vain  race  of  mortals  move 

Like  ftiadows  o'er  the  plain  •, 
They  rage  and  fcrive,  defire  and  love, 
But  all  their  noife  is  vain. 

4  Some  walk  in  honour's  gaudy  {how, 

Some  dig-  for  golden  ore  ; 
They  toil  for  heirs,  they  know  not  who, 
And  ftrait  are  feen  no  more. 

5  What  mould  I  with  or  wait  For  then 

From  creatures  earth  and  duit  ? 
They  make  our  expectations  vain, 
And  disappoint  our  truft* 


P    S    A    L    M    S.  61 

o  This  fruitless  fearch  no  more  be  mine, 
Such  hopes  I  now  recal  ^ 

earthly  profpects  1  refign, 
And  make  my  God  my  a 

WATT*. 

Ipfeim  XL.     Firft  Part.  C.  AL     [,] 

D-liv-ranc-  from  gre   : 

I  WAFTED  patient  for  the  Lord, 
He  bow'd  to  hear  my  cry  •, 
He  fa.W  me  reding  en  his  word, 
And  brought  iaivation  nigh. 

2  Sunk  in  the  depths  of  fore  diftrefs, 

And  all  my  itruggles  vain  *, 
When  human  help  leem'd  daily  lefs. 
He  rais'd  me  up  again, 

3  Firm  on  a  rock  he  made  me  Sand, 

And  taught  my   cheerful  tongue 
To  praife  the  wonders  of  his  h ... 
In  a  new,  thankful  long, 

4  I'll  fpread  his  works  of  gr^ce  abroad, 

The  faints  with  joy  fhaJl  hear  ; 
And  ilnners  learn  to   make  my   God 

Their  only  hope  and  fear. 

bat  mercies  fill  my  wond'ring  view  ! 

How  many  and  how  great   ! 
Life  is  too  fliort,  and  words  to  few, 

Their  numbers  to  repeat. 
6  When  I'm  afflicted,  poor  and  low, 

With  hope  1T1  never  part  -, 
For  God  beholds   my  heavy  woe, 

And  bears  me  on  his  heart. 

Watt* 


02  PSALM    S. 
£>f?.IP.t  XL.     Sec.  Part.     C.  M. 

Yke  Drvinc     '  -ce  frf  Chr'tji, 

THUS  faith  the  Lord,  M  Your  Work  is  Yam, 
Give  your  burnt  offerings  o'er  : 
In  dying  goats  and  bullocks  flain, 
My  foul  delights  no  more." 

X  the  Saviour j  "  Lo,  I'm  he: 

My  God,  to  do  t 

joks  declare, 
Thy  fervant  ihaii  tuLl 

3  And  fee,  the  bleft  Redeemer   comes, 

Th'  eternal  bon  appet 
And  at  :h'  appointed  time  affumes 
The  body  God  prepares  ! 

4  Much  he  retfeaTd  his  Father's  grace, 

And  much  his  truth  he   fhow'd  ', 
And  preach'd  the  way  of  rightebtzfhefsj 

Where  g  ss  ftood. 

5  Kis  Father's  honour  touch'd  his  heart,' 

He  pitied  tinners'  cries  ; 
And,  to  fulfil  a  Saviour's  part, 
nee. 

6  No  blood  of  beafts  on  altan  fl 

Could  eU  '.ilt  within  ; 

But  die  one  faci  ;.:cj  h 
t  En. 

Eition  fpread. 
And  Satan's  kingdom  ihcok  ; 
Thus  by  the  woman's  promis'd  feed* 
.  broke. 


PSALMS.  63 

ISfalm  XU.     Lor.S  Metre.        [*'] 

BLEST  is  the  man,  whofe  tender  care 
Relieves  the  poor  in  their  diftref:  ; 
Whole  pity  wipes  the  widow's  tear, 
Whofe  hand  fupports  the  fatherlefs. 

2  His  heart  contrives  fcr  their  relief 
More  good  than  his  own  hand  can  do  ; 
He  in  the  time  of  general  grief, 
Shall   find  the  Lord  has  pity  too. 

3  His  foul  fhall  live  fecure  on  earth, 
With  fecret  bleflings  on  his  head  ; 
When  drought,  and  peililence,  and  dearth 
Around  him  multiply  their  dead. 

4  Or  if  he  languifh  on  his   couch, 
God  will  pronounce  his  fins  forgiven  \ 
Will  fave  him  with  a  healing  touch, 


Or  take  his  willing  foul  to  heaven. 


Watt?. 


j£>falm  XLII.     Common,  Met?e.    [#  or  ^ 

tte  Pleasure  of  Public  Worjbif. 

AS  pants  the  hart  for  cooling  ftreamS, 
When  hepteci  in  the  chafe  ; 
"  So  longs  my  foul,  O  God,  for  thee, 
And  thy  refreihing  grace. 

2  For  thee,   my  God,   the  living  God, 

My  thirltv  foul  doth  pine  ; 
O  when  fhall  i  behold  thy  face, 
Thou  m2Jefty  divine  ? 

3  I  fieri  whene'er  my  mufmg  thoughts 

Thofe  happy  days   prefent, 
When  I,  with  my  religious  friend;: 
Thy  temple  did  freauent, 


6±  PSALMS. 

4  Vrhen  I  advanc'd  with  fongs  of  praife, 

My  folemn  vows  to  pay  j 
Amidft  the  joyi  throng. 

Which  I  .   Feftal  day. 

5  Whyreitlefs,  why  caft  down,  my  fouW 

Truft  God,  and  he'll  employ 
His  aid  for  thee   ;  and  change  thy  fighs 
To  hymns  of  facred  joy. 

6  Why  reftlefs,  why  caft  down,  my  foul  ? 

Hope  {till,  and  thou  ihalt  fing 
The  praife  of  him  who  is  thy  God, 
Thy  health's  etprjj^l  fpring. 


Tate. 


pfalm  xliii.    l 

9ttd  Hype. 

CI  OD  of  our  ftrcngth,  to  thee  we  cry, 
T    O  let  us  no:  forgotten  lie  ; 
OppreiYd  with  forrows  and  with  care, 
To  thy  protection  we  repair. 

2  O  let  thy  light  Attend  our  way, 
Thy  truth  anbrd  its  fteady  ray  \ 
To  Z  ion's  hill  direft  our  feet, 
To  worlhip  at  thy  facred  feat. 

3  rhy  praife,  O  God,  fljafl  tunc  the  lyre* 
Thy  love  our  joyful  long  infpire  \ 

To  thee,  our  cordial  thanks  be  p  ud, 
Our  furc  defeiifce,  our  conttant  aid. 

4  Why  then  dejected  and  diftreft  ? 

And  whence  the  grief  that  fills  our  bread  ; 
In   God  we'll  hope,  and  to  him  rfcife 
A  monument  of  chdlcfi  praife. 

Altered  from  Merrick- 


PSALMS.  6( 

JPfaliTl  XLIV.    Common  Metre.    ffcorK] 

In  Time  cf  War. 

OLORD,  our  fathers  oft  have  told, 
In  our  attentive  ears, 
fhy  wonders  in  their  days  perform' d, 
And  in  more  ancient  years. 

2  'Twas  not  their  courage,  nor  their  fword 

To  them  falvatiori  gave  -, 
'Twas  not  their  number,  nor  their  ftrength 
That  did  their  country  favc. 

3  But  thy  right  hand,   thy  powerful  arm, 

Whofe  iuccour  they  implor'd  -, 
Thy  providence  protected  them, 
Who  thy  great  name  ador'd. 

4  As  thee,  their  God,  our  fathers  own'<L 

So  thou   art  ftill  our  King  ; 
O  therefore,  as  thou  didft  to  them, 
To  us  deliverance  bring. 

5  We  will  not  truft  our  fword  nor  bow* 

When  we  in  war  engage  ; 
But  thee,  who  canfl  fuhdue  our  foe, 
And  calm  their  haughty  rage. 

6  To  thee,  the  glory  we'll  afcribe, 

From  whom  falvation  came  ; 
In   God  our  fhield  we  will  rejoice, 
And  ever  blefs  thy  name. 

Tat- 


PfalmXLV.    FirftPart.    L.M.    [#] 

Thz  Glory  cf  Chr'ifi  and  tie  Fczier  cf  Lis  G 

NOW  be  my  heart  infpir'd  to  Gng 
The  glories  of  my  Saviour  King  *, 
My  tongue  {hall  all  his  worth  prod: 
Aad  (peak  the  honours  of  his  name. 
F    2 


66  P    S    A    L    M    S. 

2  O'er  all  the  fons  of  human  race 
He  ftunes  with  a  fuperior  grace  *, 
Love  from  his  lips  divinely  flo? 
And  bleflings  all  his  ftate  com; 

3  Drefs  thee  in  arms,  moft  mighty  Lord, 
Gird  on  thy  {harp  victorious  fword  ; 
In  majefty  and  glory  ride, 

With  truth  and  meeknefs  at  thy  Gdc. 

4  rrhine  anger,  like  a  point 

Shall  pierce  thy  foes  of  (lubborn  he 
Or  words  of  mercy,  kind  and  fwc 
Shall  melt  the  rebels  at  tl 

5  Thy  throne,  O  God,  r  ftands, 
Grace  is  the  fceptre  of  thy  han 

I  works  ai  ad  right, 

..ice  and  grace  are  thy  deli/ 
f  Father,   God,  h  . 
5  oil  of  c.  n  thy  head  ; 

And  with  ed  Spirit  bleft 

His  fit  ft  born  Son  above  the  re 

Hebrews,  i.   S.  Watts. 

JPfalmXLV.   Second  Part.  L.  M.  [*] 

:    art!  Lis    C 

THE  King  of  S  how  fair  his  face  ! 

Adorn'd  with  rhajefty  and  grace  ! 

from  above, 
And  wins  the  nations  to  his  love. 
2  At  his  right  hand  our  eyes  beheld 
The  church  arrayM  in  pureil  gold  ; 
The  world  admires  her  heavenly  drefst 
Her  robes  of  joy  and  righteoufnefs. 
forms  her  graces  like  his  own, 

near  his  throne  *% 


P    S    A    L    M    S.  67 

Then  let  thy  wandering   heart  forget 
The  idols  of  thy  native  ftate, 

4  So  (hill  the  King  the  more  rejoice 
In  thee,  the   object  of  his  choice  ; 
Let  him  be  lov\L  and  yet  adord, 
He  is  thy  Make*  2nd  thy  Lord. 

5  O  happy  hour,  when  thou  Dfctfc  rife 
To  his  fair  palace  in  the  ikies  ; 
And  all  thy  foxis,  a  humorous  train, 
Each  like  a  prince  in  glory  reiern. 

6  Let  endlefs  honours  crown  his  head, 
Let  every  ag  tifes  fpread  •, 
Whilft  we  with  cheerful  {■  ore 
The  condefcenfuns  of  his  love. 

Watts, 


jpfalm  XL VI.     Lpn$  Metre.       [*j 

Pr.: 

GREAT  Ruler  of  the  ear*  a 
A  word  of  thy  a  rfh 

Can  fink  the  world,  or  fe  *, 

Thy  fnine  is  life,  thy  frown    is  death. 

2  When  a:  to  arms, 
And  ragd  and  noife  and  tumult  reign, 
"When  war  refounds  its  dire  alarms, 
And  {laughter  fpreads  the  crimfon  plain  ; 

3  Thy  fovereign  eye  looks  calmly  down, 
And  marks   their  courfe,   and  bounds  their 
Thy  word  the  angry  nations  own,    [power  : 
And  noife  and  war  are  heard  no  more. 

4  Then  peace  returns  with  balmy  wings* 
Reviving  commerce  fpreads  her  fails  j 


6S  PSALMS. 

The  fields  are  green,  and  plenty  fmgs 
Refponfive  o'er  the  n\\\*  and  vales. 

5  Thou  good  arid  wife  and  righteous  Lord, 

All  move  fub Servient  to  thy  will  ; 
Both  peace  and  war  await  thy  ward, 
And  thy  fublime  decrees  fulfil. 

6  To  thee  we  pay  our  grateful  (bngs, 
Thy  kind  protection  {till  impjore  •, 

O  may  our  hearts,  and  lives,  and  tongues 
Confers  thy  gopclnefs  and  adore. 

Mrs.  Steele. 


pfalm  >;LVI.  SixLine  L.M.    [*or£J 

War  and  Pa:?. 

GOD  is  our  refuge  in  diftreft, 
A  prefent  help  when  dangers  prcfs  \ 
In  him  undaunted  we'll  confide  ; 
Tho'  earth  were  from  her  centre  toft, 
And   mountains  in  the  ocean  loft, 
Difibi/d  by  every  rifiifg  tide. 

2  A  gentle  ftream  with  gladnefs  ftiil 
The  city  of  our  God  mail  fill, 

The  facred  feat  of  God  molt  high  ; . 
God  dweUs  in  Zion,  whofe  fair  towers 
{Shall  mock  th'  afiaults  of  earthly  powers, 

\Yhilfl  his  almighty  aid  is  nigh. 

3  In  tumults,  when  the  heathen  rag'd, 
And  kingdoms  war  againft  u>  wag'd, 

He  thunder \1  and'difpers'd  their  powers  \ 
The  Lord  of  hofls  conduces  our  arms, 
Our  tower  of  refuge  in  alarms, 

Our  fathers'  guardian  God,  and  ours. 


P    S    A    L    M    S.  .  6£ 

4  Conic,  fee  the  wonders  he  has  wrought 
On  earth,  what  dfeiolatidhs  brought, 

How  he  has  calnrd  the  jarring  world  ; 
He  broke  the  warlike  fpdar  and  Bow, 
With  them  the  thundering  chariot  too 

Into  devouring  flames  were  huri'd. 

5  Submit  to  God's  almighty  (way, 
For  him  the  nations  jfhajl  obey, 

And  earth  her  fovereign  Lord  conftfs  : 
The  God  of  hods  conducts  our  arms, 
Our  tower  of  refuge  in  alarms. 

As  to  our  fathers  in  diftrefs. 

.  Tate. 


J^falm  XL  VII.     Common  Metre.  [jg] 

Uni-jcrfd  Praifc 

OFOR  a  (hout  of  facred  joy, 
To  God  the    fovereign  King  ! 
Let  every  land  their  tongues  employ, 
And  hymns  of  triumph  fing. 

2  Whijft  angels  (hout  their  lofty  praife, 

Let  mortals  learn  their  (brains  *, 
Let  all  the  earth  their  voices  raife, 
O'er  all  the  earth  he  reigns. . 

3  Rehearfe  his  praife  with  awe  profound, 

Let  knowledge  lead  the  long  ; 
Not  mock  him  with  a  folemn  found 
Upon  a  thoughtlefs  tongue. 

4  In  iirael  ftood  Ins  ancient  throne, 

He  lov'd  that  choien  race  ; 
But  now  he  calls  the  world  his  own, 
And  heathens  Uile  Lis  grace. 

Watt:, 


<jta  P    S    A    L    M    S. 

Jpfalm  XLVIJI.     Short  Metre.     \ 

Goffel   IVtrJoip  end  Ordir. 

GREAT  is  the  Lord  our  God, 
And  let  his  praife  be  £ieat  ; 
He  makes  the  church  his  Heft  abode, 

His  mo  ft  delightful  feat. 
1  Fir  as  thy  name  is  known, 

Tie  world  declares  thy  praife  ; 
Thy  faints,  O  Lord>  before  thy  throna 
Their  fongs  of  honour  raife. 

3  Let  ftrangers  walk  around 
The. city  where  we  dwell  ; 

Compafs  stod  view  thy  holy  ground, 
And  mark  the  building  well : 

4  The  order  of  thy  houfe, 
The  worfhip  of   thy  court, 

The  cheerful  fongs,  the  folemn  vows, 
And  make  a  fair  report. 

5  How  decent  and  how  wife  ! 
How  glorious  to  behold  ! 

Beyond  the  pomp  that  charms  the  eye, 
And  rites  adorn'd  with  gold. 

6  The   God  we  worfhip  now 
Will  guide  as  till  we  die  ; 

Will  be  our  God  whHft  here  below, 
Our  God  above  the  fky. 

V. 

Ipfaim  XLIX.      Common  Metre.     [;; 

Tie  Vtn'iiy  of  A 

WHY  doth  the  man  of  riches  grow 
To  infoleuce  and  pride, 
To  fee  his  wealth  and  honours  flow 
With  every  riling  tide  ? 


P    S    A    L    M    S.  7* 

£  Not  all  his  treasures  can  procure 
His  foul  a  iiiprt  reprieve  ; 
Redeem  from  death  one  guilty  hour; 
Or  make  his  brother  live. 

3  The  worth  of  life  can  ne'er  be  told. 

Its  rantom  is  too  high  •, 
Juilice  cannot  be  brib'd  with  gold; 
Thai:  man  may  never  die. 

4  He  fees  the  brutifh  and  the  wife, 

The  timorous  and  the  brave, 
Qiiit  their  polieiiions,  clofe  their  eyesj 
And  haften  to  the  grave. 

5  Yet  'tis  his  inward  thought  and  pride., 

t€  My  houfe  (ball  ever  fiand  ; 
And  that  my  name  may  long  abide, 
Fll  give  it  to  my  land/' 

6  Vain  are  his  thought?,  his  hopes  are  loflj 

How  foon  his  memory  dies  ! 
His  name  is  written  in  the  duft 
in  whieh  his  body  lies. 

Watt£ 

JPfaitn  L.    Firft  Part.   Com.  Metre,    fa 

J"hg  left  Judgmer.i. 

THE  Lord,  the  Judge,  before  his  throne 
Bids  the  whole  earth  draw  nigh  \ 
The  nations  near  the  rifmg  fun, 
And  near  the  weftern  iky. 

2  No  more  mall  bold  blafphemers  fayj 

u  Judgment  will   ne'er  begin  j" 
No  more  abufe  his  long  delay, 
To  impudence  and  fin. 

3  Thron'd  on  a  cloud,  our  God  fhall  come. 

Bright  flames  prepare  his  way  f 


72  P    S    A    L    M    S. 

Thundei  rkiiefs,  fire  and  ilorm 

Lead  on  the  dreadful  day. 

4  He  -.11  fhall  hear, 

Attending  ai  mC  •, 

And  rid  hfell  fhall  knew  and  I 

Hi$  juft  fm, 

5  w  But  gather  ail  my  faints,   (he  crj 

Who  made  their  pe*ce   with  C 
Through  the  Rede* -mer's  facrifice, 
And  fcai'd  it  with  his  tyce 

6  cc  Their  faith  and  works,  bro't  forth  to  fighfc 

Shall  re- ! 
My  fentence  of  - 
And  heaven 

W-A7T-. 

JPffiim  L.    Sec  Fart.   Ls/?£  Aftfr#,    [&] 

THE  Lord,  Ihe  Judged  his  churches  warns.. 
Let  hypocrites  attend  and  fear  ; 
Who  place  their  hopes  in  rites  and  forms. 
But  make  not  faith  nor  lore  their  c/: 

2  They  dare  rehear  fe  his  (acted  name, 
With  lip$  of  falfefcccd  add  deceit ;. 
A  friend  or  brother  they  defame, 
And  ice  :he  and  flatter  thole  they  hate. 

3  They  watch  to  do  their  neighbour  wrong, 
Yet  dare  to  feek  their  Maker's  face  •, 
They  take  his  coY'iunt  on  their  tongue, 
But  break  his  laws,  abuie  his  grace. 

4  To  heaven  they  lift  their  bands  unclean, 
Dcfil'd  wjthluff,  and  ftain'd  with  bleed  -¥ 
By  night  they  pmdife  erei  f  ft), 
By  d^y  their  months  draw  otffc  to  God, 


PSALMS.  7? 

r  Arid  whilft  his  judgments  long  delay, 
They  grow  fecure,  and  fin  the  more  \ 
They  think  he  ileeps  as  well  as  they, 
And  put  far  off  the  dreadful  hour, 

6  O  dreadful  hour  !  when  Gcd  draws  nea-r^' 
And  fets  their  crimes  before  their  eyes  ; 
Their  guilt  and  punifhment  appear, 
And  no  deliverer  can  arife, 

"VTatt* 

pfalmLI.   FirftPart.   Long  Metre.    [?] 

A  Penitent  pleading  /  r  P,i •.:.-. 

QHEYv7  pity,  Lord  ;  O  Lord,  forgive, 
O  Let  a  repenting  finner  live  ; 

Are  not  thy  mercies  large  and  free  ? 

May  not  the  contrite  truft  in  thee  ? 

&  My  fins,  tho'  great,  do  not  furpafs 
The  riches  of  eternal  grace  ; 
Great  God,  thy  nature  hath  no  hound* 
So  let  thy  pard'ning  love  be  found, 

3  O  wafh  my  foul  from  every  fin, 

And  make  my  guilty  confeience  clean  ) 
Here  on  my  heart  the  burden  lies, 
And  paft  offences  pain  my  eyes. 

4  My  lips  with  {hame  my  fins  confefs 
Againft  thy  taw,  againft  thy  grace  ; 
And  (hould  thy  judgment  be  fevere, 
I  am  condemned,  but  thou  art  clear. 

5  Yet,  fave  a  trembling  finner,  Lord, 
V/hofe  hope,  (till  hovering  round  thy  word*. 
Seeks  for  fome  precious  promife  there. 
Some  fare  protection  from  defoair, 

G 


74  PSA    L    M    3. 

6  Then  {hall  thy  iovc  infpire  my  tongue, 
Salvation  mall  be  ail  my  fong  ; 
And  all  my  powers  (hall  join  to  blefs 
2  Lord,  my  ftrcngth  and  righteoufnefs. 

Watts. 

pfalm  LI.       Second  Part.     L.  M.  [[,] 

Tie    P. mi 'tent   rcjhred. 

OTHOU,  who  hear'il  when  finners  cry5 
Tho'  all  my  crimes  before  thee  lie1 
Regard  them  not  with  angry   look, 
But  blot  their  memory  from  thy  book* 

2  Renew  me,  O  my  God,  within, 
And  form  my  foul  averfe  to  fin  \ 
Let  thy  good  Spirit  not  depart, 

Nor  hide  thy  prefence  from  my  heart. 

3  I  cannot  live  without  thy  light, 
Caft  out  and  banifliM  from  thy  fight  •, 
Thy  holy  joys,  O  God,  reftore, 
And  guard  me  that  I  fall  no  more. 

4  A  broken  heart,  my  God,  my  King5 
Is  all  the  facrifiee  I  bring  ; 

The' God  of  grace  will  not  defpife 
A  contrite  heart  for  facrifiee. 

5  My  foul  lies  humbled  in  the  duft, 
And  owns  thy  dreadful  fentence  juft  : 
Look  down,  O  Lord,  with  pitying  eye, 
And  fave  the  wretch  condemn'd  to  die. 

6  Then  will  I  teach  the  world  thy  grace, 
Sinners  ihall  learn  to  feck  thy  face  ; 
I'll  lead  them  in  the  heavenly  road, 
And  they  ihall  praife  a  pardoning  God. 

Watts* 


PSALMS.  75 

J?falm  LII,  united  with  the  55.  S.  hi.  ['?] 

Devotion  a. id  Confidence. 

LET  finners  take  their  eourfs, 
And  choofe  the  road  to  death  > 
But  in  the  praifes  of  my  God 
I'll  fpend  my  daily  breath. 

2  Thou  wilt  regard  my  cries, 
O  my  eternal  God  -y 

Whilft  finners  periih  in  furprife, 
Beneath  thy  angry  rod. 

3  Becaufe  they  dwell  at  eafe, 
And  no  fad  changes  feel, 

They  neither  fear  thy  holy  name. 
Nor  learn  to  do  thy  will. 

4  But  like  an  olive  tree, 
Within  thy  courts  I'll  ft  and, 

And  confidently,  Lord,  rely 
On  thy  protecting  hand* 

5  With  all  my  heavy  cares, 
Til  lean  upon  the  Lord  ; 

I'll  caft  my  burden  on  his  arm, 
And  reft  upon  his  word. 

6  His  arm  {hall  well  fuftain 
The  children  of  his  love  ; 

The  ground  on  which  their  fafety  ftands  ' 
No  earthly  power  can  move. 

Watts  and  Mzrrick. 

Jpfalm    LIU.      Long   Metre.     [&  or  b] 
Compared  with  Rom.  iii.   10,  n. 

The  Degenerjcf  ef  the  World  removed  by  the  GofpeL 

BEHOLD  the  fool  !  whofe  heart  denies 
The  God  who  form'd  the  earth  and  fides  ! 
And,  whilft  the  p~-th  of  Hn  he  treads, 
How  wide  the  dire  example  fprcads  ! 


75  P    S    A    L    M    S. 

2  TV  eternal  Sovereign  from  on  high 
Caft  on  the  fons  of  men  his  eye  > 
To  fee  if  any  undcrftood. 

And  fear'd  and  lov'd  their  Maker,  God. 

3  But  all  were  fo  degenerate  grown, 
None  the  true  God  had  fully  known  ! 
Beth  Jew  and  Gentile  leng  had  been 
By  lull  enilav'd,  and  dead  in  fin. 

4  Both  gone  from  wifdom's  path  aftray, 
Purfu'd  the  errors  of  their  way, 
With  difmai  fuperftition  blind, 

And  caufelefs  terrors  filled  their  mind, 

5  Who,  gracious  God,  to  finners  eyes 
Could  bid  the  wifli'd  falvation  rife  ? 
Thy  SON  did  light  and  truth  difplay, 
And  turn  their  darknefs  into  day. 

6  No  flcft  (hall  boaft  of  righteoufnefs, 

But  guilty  (hall  themfelves  confefs  *, 

And  when  theyr  hear  thy  pardoning  voice, 

In  thy  fajvation  (hall  rejoice. 

M&rrick,  with  additions. 

plZirVl  LIV.     Particular  Metre.    [?] 

Deliverance  from  EjumUs^ 

THY  name,  O  God,  my  heart  avows, 
Do  thou  my  injur'd  caufe  efpoufe, 
And  be  thy  itrength  my  aid  ; 
My  fervent  cries  in  mercy  hear, 
And  let  them  by  thy  pitying  ear 
With  full  regard  be  weighed. 

2  For  people  from  thy  fear  cftrangM, 
With  tyrants  fierce,  againlt  me  rang'd^ 
My  fainting  foul  purfue  3 


PSALMS.  77 

But  micht  my  helpers,  heaven's  high  Lord 
Shall  (land,  and  faithful  to  his  word, 
Each  adverfe  power  fubdue. 

3  O  let  my  heart,  their  rage  repell'd, 
Itfelf  a  willing  offering  yield  ; 

To  thee  its  praife  (hall  flow  ; 
Whilft  to  my  thought  thy  mercies  rife, 
That  gave  me  with  exulting  eyes 
To  fee  my  proftrate  foe. 

Merrick. 
w — 

Pfalm  LV.     Common  Metre,     [';•] 

Imbnt'unce  cor  retted  by  Faith. 

OWERE  I  like  a  feather'd  dove  ! 
If  innocence  had  wings, 
I'd  fly,  and  make  a  long  remove 
From  ali  thefe  xeftlefs  things. 

Z  Let  me  to  fome  wild  defart  go, 
And  find  a  peaceful  home ; 
Where  ftorms  of  malice  never  blow, 
Temptations  never  come. 

5  Vain  hopes,  and  vain  inventions  all, 
T"  efcape  the  rage  of  hell ! 
The  mighty  God,  on  whom  I  call, 
Can  fave  me  here  as  well. 

4  By  morning  light  I'll  feek  his  face, 

At  noon  repeat  my  cry  ; 
The  night  {hall  here  me  a  Ik  his  grace, 
Nor  will  he  long  deny. 

5  God,  my  preferver  and  my  friend, 

Can  {hield  me  when  afraid ; 
Ten  thoufand  angels  mud  attend, 
If  he  command  their  aid. 

G    2 


7«  PSALMS. 

6  Til  cafl:  my  burdens  on  the  Lord, 
He  will  fuftain  them  all ; 
My  faith  {hall  reft  upon  his  word, 
And  I  fhaii  never  fall. 

Watts. 


I 


Jpfulm  LVI.     Common  Metre     pj 

Gcfs  Cr.rc   of  his  P^ 

N  God,  moil  holy,  juft  and  true, 
I  have  repos'd  my  truft ; 


Nor  will  I  fear  what  man  can  do, 
The  offspring  of  the  <; 

%  God  counts  the  forrows  of  his  faints, 
Their  cries  aiLc:  his  ears  ; 
Thou  haft  a  book  for  their  complaints, 
A  bottle  for  their  tear^, 

3  Thy  folemn  vows  are  on  me,  Lord, 

Thou  (halt  receive  my  praife  ; 

Til  fmgy  "  how  faithful  is  thy  word, 

How  righteous  are  thy  way^ '." 

4  Thou  haft  fecur'd  my  foul  from  death  j 

O  fet  thy  fervant  free, 
That  heart  and  hand,  and  life  and  breath 
May  be  employ'd  for  thee. 


Watts, 


J£>ful!n  J.VIL      long  Metre.      [% 

DVul*{  Prctcctiony    Grace  end  Truth. 

T\  /T  Y  God,  in  whom  are  all  the  fprings 
JVJL   Of  boundlcfe  love,  and  grace  unknown. 
Hide  me  beneath  thy  fpreading  wings. 
Till  the  dark  cloud  be  overblown* 


PSALMS. 

2  Up  to  the  heavens,  I  raife  my  cry, 
The  Lord  will  my  defires  perform  •, 
He  fends  his  angel  from  the  Iky, 

And  faves  me  from  the  threading  ftorm, 

3  Be  thou  exalted,  O  my  God, 

Above  the  heavens  where  angels  dwell  \ 
Thy  power  on  earth  be  known  abroad, 
And  land  to  land  thy  wonders  tell. 

4  My  hear:  is  fix'd,  my  fong  (hall  raife 
Immortal  honours  to  thy  name  \ 
Awake,  my  tongue,  to  found  his  praife^ 
My  tongue,  the  glory  of  my  frame. 

c  High  o'er  the  earth  his  mercy  reigns, 
And  reaches  to  the  utmoil  iky  *, 
His  truth  to  endlefs  years  remains, 
When  lower  worlds  diffolve  and  die, 

6  Be  thou  exalted,  O  my  God, 

Above  the  heavens  where  angels  dwell  ^ 
Thy  power  on  earth  be  known  abroad, 
And  land  to  land  thy  wonders  tell. 

\VATT?. 

»  ■       '  ■  .  ,     ■  i  ..I  .        .  m 

J2)faiin  LVIII.  Si*  Line  Long  Metre,  [ ; ] 

TU  Dj.ruaki  of  Tyrants  and  Ofpt 

SHALL  tyrants  rule  by  impious  laws  ? 
Shall  they  deipiie  the  righteous  cauie* 
When  innocence  before  rhem  (lands  i 
Dare  they  condemn  the  helprefs  poor, 
And  let  oppreflbrs  reft  fecure, 

Whiift  gold  and  greatnefs  bribe  their  hands? 
%  Do  they  forget  th'  almighty  name, 
That  God  o'er  all  is  Judge  fupreme  f 
tfcgh  in  the  heayyi*  his  juitios  reigns  > 


«o  PSALMS. 

Yet  they  invade  the  rights  of  Ood, 
And  fend  their  bold  decrees  abroad, 
To  bind  the  free  born  foul  in  chains. 

3  A  poifon'd  arrow  is  their  tongue, 
The  arrow  fharp,  the  poifon  itrong  ! 

And  death  attends  where'er  it  wounds  > 
They  hear  no  counfels,  cries  nor  tears  •, 
So  the  deaf  adder  Hops  her  ears 

Againit  the  melody  of  founds. 

4  Break  thou  their  teeth,  Almighty  God, 
The  teeth  of  lions  drench'd  in  blood, 

And  crufh  thofe  ferpents  in  the  dud  •, 
Thy  voice  fhall  thunder  trom  the  iky, 
Their  crowns  {hall  fall,  their  titles  die, 

Their  grandeur  and  their  power  be  loft. 

5  Thus  fhall  thy  juftice,  mighty  Lord, 
Freedom  and  peace  to  men  afford, 

And  nations  (hall  unite  and  fay, 
cl  Sure  there's  a  God,  that  rules  on  high, 
Who  hears  th'  oppreffed  when  they  cry, 

And  all  their  fufferings  will  repay." 

Watts,  altered. 

Pfaim  LIX..    Short  Metre.       [j, 

For  Deliverance  from  the  Savages* 

LORD,  let  our  humble  cry 
Before  thy  throne  afcend  ; 
Behold  us  with  companion's  eye, 
And  ftill  our  lives  defend. 

2  For  foes  a  numerous  band 

Againft  our  lives  confpire  •, 
They  aim  defkuclion  thro1  the  land, 

And  fyread  the  raging  fire. 


PSALMS.  m 

3  Beneath  the  filent  (hade 
Their  fecret  plots  they  lay, 

Our  peaceful  towns  by  night  invade^ 
And  wafte  the  fields  by  day. 

4  And  will  the  God  of  grace, 
Regardlefs  of  our  pain, 

permit  fecure  that  bloody  race 
To  riot  o'er  the  flain  ? 

5  In  vain  their  fecret  guile 
Or  open  force  they  prove  ; 

Thine  eye  can  pierce  the  deeped  veil; 
Thy  hand  their  force  remove. 

6  Deliver  us  from  death, 
Send  our  invaders  home  ; 

Or  drive  them  with  thy  powerful  breat% 
Thro'  diftant  wilds  to  roam. 

7  Then  {hall  our  grateful  voice 
Proclaim  our  guardian  God  ; 

In  thy  falvation  we'll  rejoice, 
And  found  thy  praife  abroad. 

m&tCflr,  altered. 

Ipfalm  LX.     Common  Metre,      [?] 

Humiliati™  for  Difjppointmeni  in  IY&t* 

LGRD,  haft  thou  paft  the  nation  off? 
Mud  we  forever  mourn  ? 
Wilt  thcu  oonfume  us  in  thy  wrath  ? 
Shall  mercy  ne'er  return  ? 

2  The  terror  of  one  frown  of  thine 
Melts  all  our  itrength  away  : 
Like  men  fubdu'd  by  power  of  wine; 
We  tremble  in  difmay. 


tz  PSA    L    M    S. 

3  Our  country  (hakes  beneath  thy  ftroke, 

And  dreads  thy  lifted  hand  ; 
O  hear  the  people  thou  halt  broke, 
And  fave  the  finking  land. 

4  Lift  up  thy  banner  in  the  field, 

For  thofe  who  fear  thy  name  ; 
Defend  thy  people  with  thy  fhield, 
And  put  our  foes  to  ihame. 

5  Go  with  our  armies  to  the  fight, 

And  be  their  guardian  God  ; 
}n  vain  confederate  powers  unite 
Againlt  thy  lifted  rod. 

6  Our  troops  (hall  gain  a  wide  renown 

By  thine  affitting  hand  -, 
For  God  (hall  tread  the  mighty  down, 
And  make  the  feeble  ftand. 

Watti. 

]c>Calm  LXI.     Long  Metre.        [#] 

Safety  in   God. 

WHEN  overwhelm^  with  pain  and  grief, 
Helplefs  and  far  from  all  relief, 
My  heart  within  me  finks  and  dies, 
To  God  I  lift  my  waiting  -yes. 

2  High  on  the  rock,  my  footiteps  rear, 
There  let  me  ftand  unmov'd,  and  hear 
The  ftorms  which  now  around  me  beat, 
Roll  harmlefs  underneath  my  feet. 

3  Thee,  Lard,  I  feek  whene'er  my  foes 
On  mifchief  bent,  my  path  enclofe  ; 
Thou  art,  in  every  dang'rous  hour, 
My  ftedfaft  hope,  my  ftrongeft  tower, 

4  Remote  from  fear,  within  thy  fhrine, 
Thou,  Lord,  my  dwelling  (halt  affi^n  j 


PSALMS.  *3 

Thy  wings  fhall  wrap  me  in  their  (hade, 

For  thou  hail  heard  me  when  I  pray'd. 
;  Safe  in  thy  prefence  let  me  ftand, 

And  (hare  the  bleflings  of  thy  hand  3 

My  dwelling  let  thy  truth  defend, 

Thy  mercy  on  my  fteps  attend. 
5  So  fhall  thy  love  awake  my  fong, 

My  voice  tne  willing  note  prolong  ; . 

Whilft,  warm'd  witn  zeal,  my  vows  I  pay/ 

And  blefs  thee  to  my  late  ft  day. 

Merrick, varied. 

Ipfalm  LXII.      Long  Metre.       [^ 

I\o  Truft  in  the  Creatures^  but  in  Cod, 

MY  fpirit  looks  to  God  alone. 
My  rock  and  refuge  are  his  throne  *, 
In  all  my  fears,  in  all  my  (traits, 
My  foul  on  his  falvation  waits. 

I  Truft  him,  ye  faints,  in  all  your  ways, 
To  him,  your  fuppiiant  voices  raife  \ 
When  helpers  fail,  and  foes  invade, 
God  is  our  all-fufficient  aid. 

\  Falfe  are  the  men  of  high  degree, 
The  bafer  fort  are  vanity  ; 
Laid  in  the  balance,  both  appear 
Light  as  a  breath  of  empty  air. 

\  Make  not  increafing  gold  your  truft, 
Nor  fet  your  heart  on  glittering  dull  j. 
Why  vviij  you  grafp  the  fleeting  fmoke* 
And  not  believe  what  God  hath  fpoke  i 

;  Once  hath  his  awful  voice  declared, 
Once  and  again  my  ears  have  heard, 
"  All  power  is  his  eternal  due, 
He  mult  be  fear'd  and  trufted  too." 


S4  PSALM    S. 

6  For  fovereign  power  reigns  not  alone, 
Grace  is  a  partner  of  the  throne  •, 
Thy  grace  and  juftice,  mighty  Lord, 
Shall  well  adjudge  our  lait  reward. 

PfailTt  LXIII.     Common  Metre.  [#; 

For  the  LorcTs  Day  M:rr.ii7. 

EARLY,  my  God,  without  delay, 
I  hafte  to  feel:  thy  face  ; 
My  thirfty  fpirit  faints  away, 
Without  thy  cheering  grace. 

4  So  pilgrims,  on  the  fcorching  fand, 
Beneath  a  burning  iky, 
Long  for  a  cooling  flream  at  hand, 
And  they  muft  drink  or  die, 

3  I've  feen  thy  glory  and  thy  power 

Through  all  thy  temple  (liine  ; 
My  God,  repeat  that  heavenly  hour, 
That  vifion  fo  divine. 

4  Not  all  the  bleflings  of  a  feaft 

Can  pleafe  my  foul  fo  well, 

As  when  thy  richer  grace  I  tafte, 

And  in  thy  prefence  dwell. 

5  Not  life  itfelf,  with  all  its  joys, 

Can  my  beft  paffions  move  •, 
Nor  raife  fo  high  my  cheerful  voice 
As  thy  forgiving  love. 

6  Thus,  till  my  laft  expiring  day, 

I'll  blefs  my  God  and  King  ; 
Thus  will  I  Lft  my  hands  to  pray, 
And  tune  my  tips  to  fing. 


P    S    A    L    U    S.  S; 

l^falin  I.XIII.       Long  Metre.      [#] 

•r 

GREAT  Gciy  indulge  my  humble  claim. 
Thou  art  my  hope,  my  joy,  my  reft, 
The  glories  that  compofe  thy  name 
brand  all  engag'd  to  make  me  bleft. 

2  Thou  great  and  good,  thou  juft  and  wife, 
Thou  art  my  Father  and  my  God  -, 
And  I  am  thine,  by  fatted  ties, 

Thy  foil,  thy  fervant,  bought  with  blooey 

3  With  he.:rt  and  eyes  and  lifted  hands, 
For  thee  L  long,  to  thee  1  look ; 

As  travellers,  in  thirfty  lands, 
Long  for  the  cooling  water  brook. 

4  With  ear  y  feet,  I  will  appear 

Am  faints,  and  feek  thy  face  $ 

Give  me  to  fee  thy  glory  there, 
And  taile  the  rlclmeis  of  thy  grace, 

5  Not  all,  by  worldly  men  pofie&'d, 
Net  all  the  joys  our  fc  :w5 
Can  make  me  fo  divinely  b 

Or  raife  my  cheerful  paffioag  ib. 

6  I'll  lift  my  hands,  IT1  raife  my  voice. 
Whilft  I  na*e  breath  to  pray  or  praiie ; 
This  work  (hall  make  my  heart  rejoice, 
And  well  employ  my  future  days. 

plain!  LXIIL      Short  Metre.      [*] 

Xlcligkt  in  ZHyimt  IV.  - 

MY  God,  permit  my  tongue 
With  joy  to  call  thee  mine  ; 
And  let  my  early  cries  prevail, 
To  taftfi  thy  love  divine, 
H 


36  PSA    L    M   S. 

2  Within  thy  churches,  Lord, 
I  long  to  find  my  place  ; 

Thy  power  and  glory  to  behold, 
And  feel  thy  quickening  grace. 

3  for  life,  without  thy  love, 
No  reliih  can  afford ; 

No  joy  can  be  compar'd  with  this, 
To  fervc  and  pleafe  the  Lord. 

4  To  thee  I'll  lift  my  hands, 
And  praife  thee  whilft  I  live  ; 

Not  the  gay  fcenes  of  time  and  fenfc 
Such  pure  delight  can  give. 

5  Since  thou  haft  been  my  help, 
To  thee  my  ipirit  flies  *, 

And  on  thy  watchful  Providence 
My  cheerful  hope  relies. 

6  The  (hadow  of  thy  wings 
My  foul  in  fafety  keeps  *, 

I  follow  where  my  Father  leads, 
And  he  fupports  my  Reps. 

Watts. 

Jpfatm  LXIV.     Six  Line  L.  M.     [*3 

In  a  Tims  cf  Jnfur region. 

OLORD,  to  our  requeft  give  ear, 
And  free  our  fouls  from  hoftile  fear  ; 
For  crafty  men,  of  impious  mind, 
(Their  powers  in  fecret  league  combined) 
With  fa  footis  rage  their  plots  devife, 
And  vent  their  malic*,  toix'cl  with  lies. 
2  Behold  the  Oaughter-breathing  throng, 
Whet  like  a  fword  their  threat'ning  tongu*, 
And  bend  thc;r  bows,  to  flioot  their  darts 
Againft  the  men  of  upright  hearts  : 


P    S    A    L    M    S.  «7 

In  works  of  mifchief  they  ngree, 
And  vainly  think  that  none  {hail  lie. 

3  But,  wretches,  whither  will  ye  fly  ? 
Behold  the  arrow  from  on  high 
Defcends,  and  bears  upon  its  wing 
The  wrath  of  heaven^  (  ffeiuied  King  ! 
Your  (landers  on  yourfelvcs  (hall  fall, 
Hated,  defpis'd,  and  Ihunn'd  by  all. 

4  The  world  fhall  then  God's  power  confefs, 
Hiswifdom,  love  and  righteoufnefs  ; 
And  men  fhall  fee,  with  rev'rend  thought, 
The  wonders  that  his  hand  hath  wrought  ; 
Whilft  all  fhall  own  his  dealings  juit, 
The  righteous  in  his  name  mail  tiuft. 

Tate  and  Merrick,  united  v.i.d  varied. 

Pfalm  LXV.  Firft   Part.    L.  M.    [$} 

Public    IVctjtip. 

FOR  thee,  O  God,  our  conftant  praife 
In  Zion  waits,  thy  chofen  feat  : 
Our  promis'd  altars  there  we'll  raife, 
And  all  our  zealous  vows  complete. 

2  O  thou,  who  to  my  humble  prayer 
Didft  always  bend  thy  liflening  ear,  r 
To  thee  fnall  all  mankind  repair, 
And  at  thy  gracious  throne  appear. 

3  Our  fins,  though  numberlefs,  in  vain 
To  flop  thy  flowing  mercy  try  ; 

For  thou  wilt  purge  the  guilty  ftain, 
And  wafh  away  the  crimfon  dye. 

4  Bleft  is  the  man,  who,  near  thee  plac'd, 
Within  thy  facred  dwelling  lives  ; 
Whilft  we  at  humbler  diftance  tafle 
The  vaft  delight  thy  worfnip  gives. 

Tate, 


SS  PSALM    S. 

Jpfalm  LXV.    Sec.   Fart.     CM.    [#] 

'nnlSbyt!:  .is  ftand, 

1        God  of  "eternal  power  \ 

The  fe  a  at  thy  command, 

And  tempefts  ceafe  to  roar. 

2  TH  morning  light  and  evening  (bade 

Succeffive  comforts  bring  ; 
Thy  plenteous  fruits  make  harveft.  glad, 
Thy  flowers  adorn  the  fpring. 

3  Seafons  and  times,  and  moons  and  hours, 

Heaven,  air,  and  earth  are  thine  j 
When  clouds  diftil  in  fruitful  ihowers, 
The  Author  is  divine. 

4  Thofe  wandering  citterns  in  the  flcyj 

Borne  by  the  winds  around, 
Whofe  wat'ry  trcafures  well  fupply 
The  furrows  of  the  ground. 

5  The  thinly  ridges  drink  their  fill, 

And  ranks  of  corn  appear  ; 
Thy  ways  abound  with  bleilings  flill, 
Thy  goodnefs  crowns  the  y 

Watts. 

jpfaimLXV.    Third  Part.    C  i/T[*] 

GOD  is  the  Lord,  the  heavenly  King, 
Who  mskes  the  earth  his  care  j 
Vlfits  the  paftures  every  Spring, 

And  bids  the  pais  ap; 
2  The  clouds,  like  rivers  rais'd  en  high, 
Pour  cut,  at  thy  c 

v.'ry  bleilings  rrom  the  Iky, 
To  cheer  the  thirity  land. 


P    S    A    L    M    S, 

3  The  foften'd  ridges  of  the  field 

Permit  the  corn  to  fnring  j 
Thcvalliesiich  proyifipn  yield, 
The  grateful  labourers  : 

4  The  little  hills  on  every  fide 

Rejoice  at  falling  (bowers  ; 
The  meadows  drefVd,  in  all  their  pride, 
Perfume  the  air  with  flowers. 
j;  The  barren  clods  refrefh'd  with  rain, 
Promife  a  joyful  crop  •, 
The  fields  with  verdure  fill'd,  again 
Revive  the  reaper's  hope. 
6  The  various  months  thy  goodnefis  crowns, 
How  bounteous  'are  thy  ways  ! 
The  bleating  flocks  ipread  o'er  the  downs, 
And  ihepherds  Ihout  thy  praife. 

Watts. 

Jpialm    LXV.     Long    Metre.      [,?;] 

A  Ktw  I  let 

THY  praife,  O  God,  in  Zion  waits  ; 
All  flefh  (hall  crowd  thy  (acred  gates, 
To  offer  facrifice  and  prayer, 
And  pay  their  willing  homage  there. 

2  What  though  iniquity  prevail, 
And  feeble  flefh  be  prone  to  fail  ; 
Yet,  Lord,  thy  grace  thou  wilt  difplay, 
And  purge  each  hateful  (lain  away. 

3  Bled  is  the  man  approv'd  by  thee, 
And  brought  thy  holy  courts  to  fee  ! 
Goodnets,  immenje  and  unconfhrd, 
Shall  largely  feafl  his  longing  mind. 

4  Great  God,  b  r  tJ  j  Almighty  hand 
The  ev: 


5o  P    S    A    L    M    S. 

And  every  ftorm  and  every  flood 
Obey  thy  all  commanding  nod. 

5  Thy  lightnings,  flashing  through  the  fkies, 
Fill  the  wide  earth  with  fad  furprife  \ 
But,  cheer'd  by  thy  enlivening  voice, 
Rifing  and  letting  funs  rejoice. 

6  I;rom  thy  vaft  inexhaufted  (lores, 

The  earth  is  bleft  with  kindly  fh  ewers  j 
And  favage  wilds  and  defarts  jdrear 
Co  :-,  Father  of  the  year. 

7  The  flocks  which  graze  the  mountain's  brow, 
The  corn  v.  lains  below, 
To  every  hfearf  new  tranfports  bring, 

And  hills  and  vales  rejoice   and  fing. 

-3ALL. 

Jpfaitn  LXVI.    FirftPart.     C.M.'ii] 

Ei-vine  Foivtr    ant 

NOW  to  the  Lord  of  heaven  and  earth, 
Addreis  a  cheerful  fong  ; 
Le:  gratitude  infpire  your  mirth, 
And  joy  the  notes  prolong. 
j,  Come  fee  the  wonders  of  our  God, 
How  glorious  are  his  ways  ! 
In  Mofes  hand  he  puts  his  rod, 
The  fea  his  voice  obeys. 
3  He  made  the  ebbing  channel  dry, 
V       Whilfl  Ifrael  pafs'd  the  flood  ; 
The  tribes  beheld,   with  wondering  eye, 
A  guardian  in  their  God, 
£  O  blefs  the  Lord,  and  never  ceafe  ; 
Ye  faints  fulfil  his  praife   j 
fie  keeps  our  life,  maintains  our  peace, 
And  guides  cur  doubtful  ways, 


PSALM    S.  gt 

5  Lord,  thcu  haft  prov'd  our  fuffering  fculs, 

To  m  ike  our  graces  fliine  ; 
So  filver  bears  the  burning  coals, 
The  metal  to  re  tine. 

6  Through  wat'ry  deeps,   and  fiery  ways, 

We  march  at  thy  command  ; 
Led  to  poffefs  the  promis'd  place, 
By  thy  unerring  hand. 

Watt?. 

J2>CaJm  LXVI.  Second  Part.  C.  M.  m 

Pratfi  fa  G 

NOW  (hall  my  fokmn  vows  be  paid 
To  that  Almighty  Power  ; 
Who  heard  the  long  requefts  I  made 
In  my  diftrefsful  hour. 

2  My  lips  and  cheerful  heart  prepare 

To  make  his  mercies  known  ; 
Come  ye  who  love  my  God,  and  hear 
The  wonders  he  hath  done. 

3  If  fin  lay  cover'd  in  my  heart, 

When  praife  employ 'd  my  tongue, 
The  Lord  had  {hewn  me  no  regard, 
Nor  I  his  praifes  lung. 

4  But  God,  his  name  be  ever  bleft, 

Has  fet  my  fpirit  free  ; 
He  ne'er  rejected  my  requeft, 
Nor  turn'd  his  heart  from  me. 

Y7.A7TS. 

Pfalm    LXVII.     Short  Metre. 

Un'tverfal  pra:fe% 

O  blefs  thy  chofen  race, 
In  mercy,  Lord,  incline  ; 
And  caufe  the  brightnefs  of  thy  face 
On  all  thy  church  to  {hine, 


T 


92  PSALM    5. 

2  That  fo  thy  gracious  way 
May  thro'  the  world  be  known  ; 

Whim  diftan:  lands  their  homage  pay, 
And  thy/alvauofl  own. 

3  Let  all  the  nations  join 
To  celebrate  thy  fame  •, 

Let  the  whole  world,  O  Lord,  combine, 
To  praife  thy  glorious  name. 

4  O  let  them  ihout  and  fmg, 
In  humble,  pious  mirth  •, 

For  thou,  the  righteous  Judge  and  King, 
Shalt  govern  all  the  earth. 

Tate. 

jpralmLXvnL  r.Pait.  eumL.M^ 

The  JuJLlec  and  C*»J>afi*t  ./  God. 

LET  God  arife  in  all  his  mi. 
And  put  his  enemies  t 
As  fmoke  that  fought  to  cloud  rhc  ikies, 
Before  the  rifing  temped  flies, 
Or  wax  that  melts  before  the  fire, 
So  fhall  his  fainting  foes  expire. 

2  Kingdoms  and  thrones  tc  God  belong> 
Praife  him,  ye  nations,  in  ycur  fonc 
He  rides  and  thunders  through  the  f!-:y, 
His  name,  Jehovah,  founds  c  q  high  ; 
Sing  to  his  name,  ye  ions  of  grace, 

Ye  faints  rejoice  before  his  face. 

3  fl  he  widow  and  the  fatherhfs 
Fly  to  his  aid  in  fhirp  diftrefs  ; 
In  him  the  poor  and  helpleft  find 
A  Judge  moftjuft,  a  Father  kind  ; 
He  breaks  the  c^prive's  galling  chain; 
And  prifeners  fee  the  light  agai 


P    S    A    L    LI    S.  93 

4  His  wond'rous  name  and  power  rehearfe, 
His  honours  (hall  enrich  your  verfe  ; 
Proclaim  him  King,  pronounce  him  bieft, 
He's  your  defence,  your  joy,  your  reft  $ 
When  terrors  rife  and  nations  faint, 
God  is  the  ftrength  of  every  faint. 

Watts. 

JPfaim  LX VIII.  ver.  1 7,  1 8.  S.P.  L.  M.  [#] 
Compared  with  Ephef.  iv.  8,  9,   10. 

Tbs  Afwfion  cf  Cbriftt  and  the  Gift  cf  Lis  Spirit. 

LORD,  when  thou  didft  afcend  on  high, 
Ten  thoufand  angels  fill'd  the  fky  ; 
Thofe  heavenly  guards  around  thee  wait, 
Like  chariots  that  attend  thy  ftate. 

2  Not  Sinai's  mountain  could  appear 
More  glorious  when  the  Lord  was  there  ; 
When  he  proclaimed  his  dreadful  law, 
And  ftruck  the  chofen  tribes  with  awe. 

3  How  bright  the  triumph  none  can  tell, 
When  the  rebellious  powers  of  hell, 
Which  thoufand  fouls  had  captive  made, 
Weravall  in  chains  like  captives  led. 

4  Rais'd  by  his  Father  to  the  throne, 
He  fent  his  promis'd  Spirit  down, 
With  gifts  and  grace  for  rebel  men, 
That  God  might  dwell  on  caith  again. 

Watts. 

$>falm  LXVIII.  Third  Part.  L.  M.  S] 

jPraife  for  Divine  Cjsrs  and  Goodnrfs. 

WE  blefs  the  Lord,  the  juft,  the  good, 
Who  fills  our  hearts  with  joy  and  food  ; 
Who  pours  his  bleffings  from  the  ikies, 
And  loads  us  with  his  rich  fupplies. 


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9*  P    S    A    L    M    S. 

2  He  fends  the  fun  his  circuit  round, 
To  cheer  the  fruits,  to  warm  the  ground 
lie  bids  the  clouds  with  plenteous  rain, 
Refrefh  the  thirtly  earth  again. 

3  To  "his  kind  care  we  owe  our  breath, 
And  all  our  near  eicapes  from  death  j 
Safety  and  health  to  God  belong, 

lie  heals  the  fick  and  guards  the  ftrong. 

4  His  own  right  hand  his  faints  {hall  raife 
From  death's  dark  (hade  to  fing  his  praife  i 
And  bring  them  to  his  courts  above, 

To  fee  his  face,  and  tafte  his  love. 

Watts 


Jpfalm  LXIX.      Common  Metre,     [gj 

The  Obedience  and  Death  of  drift. 

FATHER,  I  fing  thy  wond'rous  grace, 
1  blefs  my  Saviour's  name  ; 
He  bought  ialvation  for  the  poor, 
And  bore  the  Tinner's  flume. 

2  His  deep  diftrefs  hath  rais'd  us  high  ^ 

His  duty  and  his  zeal 
FulmTd  the  law  which  mortals  broke» 
And  finifh'd  all  thy  will. 

3  The  facriflce  he  offer'd  once 

Has  better  pleas'd  my  God 
Than  all  the  vi£Hms  of  the  law, 
Than  goats'  or  bullocks'  blood. 


This  (hall  his  humble  followers  fee, 
And  let  their  hearts  at  reft  ; 

They  by  his  death  draw  near  to  thee_, 
&i}d  live  forever  blcft. 


PSALMS.  0j 

Let  heaven,  and  all  who  dwell  on  high. 

To  God  their  voices  raife  j 
While  lands  and  fcas  aflift  theflcy, 

And  join  t'  advance  the  praife. 
Zion  is  thine,  moil  holy  God, 

Thy  fon  ftiall  blefs  her  gates  y 
And  glory,  purchased  by  his  death, 

For  thy  own  Ifrael  waits. 

"\Vatts  altered. 

J^falm  LXIX.     Long    Metre.     [fl 

Tbe  Svfii  ingx  of  drift. 

DEEP  in  our  hearts,  let  us  record 
The  fofrows  of  our  dying  Lord, 
iiehold  therifing  billows  roll, 
To  overwhelm  his  holy  foul. 

The  Tews,  his  brethren  and  his  kin, 
Abus'd  the  man  who  check'd  their  fin  5 
While  he  obey'd  God's  holy  laws, 
They  hate  him,  but  without  a  caufe. 
In  long  complaints  he  fpends  his  breathy 
While  hods  of  hell  and  powers  of  death, 

i  And  all  the  fons  of  malice  join, 
To  execute  their  vain  defign. 

:  For,  gracious  God,  thy  power  and  love 

Have  made  the  curie  a  bieffing  prove  i 

>'  once  upon  the  crofs  he  bled, 

!  Immortal  honours  crown  his  head. 

:  Thro'  Chrift  thy  Son  cur  guilt  forgive, 
At  d  iff  darning  fi  nnet  1  ive  *, 

The  Lord  will  hear  us  in  his  name, 
Nor  (hall  :ur  hope  be  tunvd  to  fhame. 


96  PSALMS. 

l^fallH  LXX.     Common   Metre.     M 

Protection  arai:ij}  Rnfrttttm 

REAT  God,  attend  my  humble  call, 


G 


y  Nor  hear  my  cries  in  vain 
O  let  thy  grace  prevent  my  fail, 
And  hull  my  hope  fuilain. 

2  When  foes  infulting  wound  my  name, 

And  tempt  my  foul  a  ft  ray  ; 
Then  let  them  hide  their  face  with  fhame, 
To  their  own  plots  a  prey. 

3  Whilft  all  who  love  thy  name  rejoice, 

And  glory  in  thy  word, 
In  thy  favation  raife  their  voice, 
To  magnify  the.  Lord. 

4  Be  thou  my  help  in  time  of  need, 

To  thee,  O  Lord,  I  pray  \ 
In  mercy  haften  to  my  aid, 
Nor  let  thy  grace  delay. 

Barlow. 

Pfalm  LXXI.     Firft  Part.    C.  M.  [?] 

Old  Agcy  Death,  and  the  R'furrcfticn* 

MY  God,  my  everlafiing  hope, 
I  live  upon  thy  truth  ; 
Thy  hands  have  held  my  childhood  up, 
And  ftrengthen'd  all  my  youth. 

2  New  wonders,  Lord,  my  eyes  have  fcca 

With  each  revolving  year  ; 
Thou  know'it  the  days  which  yet  remain, 
I  truft  them  to  thy  care. 

3  Wilt  thou  for  fake  my  hoary  hairs, 

And  leave  my  fainting  hea 


V   S    A    L    M    5.  07 

Who  fliall  fuftain  my  finking  year:, 
If  God  my  fcrength  depart  ? 

4  Down  to  the  filcnt  vale  of  death 

Will  be  ray  next  remove  -, 
O  may  thefe  poor  remains  of  breath 
Declare  thy  wond'rous  love. 

5  Let  me  thy  power  and  truth  proclaim 

To  the  furviving  age  ; 
And  leave  a  favour  of  thy  name 
When  I  (hall  quit  the  ibge. 

6  By  long  experience  I  have  known 

Thy  fovereign  power  to  fave  ; 
At  thy  command  I  venture  down 
Securely  to  the  grave. 

7  When  I  am  buried  in  the  duft, 

My  flefti  fhall  be  thy  care ; 
Thefe  with'ring  limbs  with  thee  I  truft, 
To  raife  them  flrong  and  fair. 

Watts. 

PCalm  LXXI.  Second  Part.  C.  M.  pjfl 

Cbriji  cur  Strength  and  Right  soufnefs. 

MY  Saviour,  my  Almighty  Friend, 
When  I  begin  thy  praiie, 
Where  will  the  growing  numbers-  end, 
The  numbers  of  thy  grace  ? 

2  Thou  art  my  everlafiing  truft, 

Thy  goodnefs  I  adore  ; 
And  fince  I  knew  thy  graces  firft, 
I  fpeak  thy  glories  more. 

3  My  feet  fliall  travel  all  the  length 

Of  the  celeftial  road, 
And  march  with  courage  in  thy  ftrength 
To  fee  my  Father,  God, 
I 


95  I    8    A    L    M    I 

4  When  T  am  fill'd  with  flume  and  grief 

For  fome  remains  of  fin, 
Thy  promifes  fhall  bring  relief, 
And  give  me  peace  within. 

5  How  will  my  lips  rejoice  to  tell 

The  victories  of  my  King  I 
My  fdul,  redeemed  from  fin  and  hcltj 
Shall  thy  falvation  fing. 

6  JMy  tongue  (hall  all  the  day  proclaim 

My  Saviour's  dying  blood  ; 
His  death  his  brought  my  foes  to  flume. 
And  made  my  peace  with  God. 

Wa  rrs,  altered. 

J^falm  LXXII.    Firft  Part.   L.  M.  [*} 

The  K:-gJj;x  of  Chr'ft. 

GREAT  God,  whofe  univerfal  fway 
All  heav'n  reveres,  ail  worlds  obey* 

Now  make  the  Saviour's  glory  known, 

Extend  his  power,  exalt  his  throne. 
i  Thy  fceptre  well  becomes  his  hands, 

Angels  fubmit  to  his  commands  ; 

His  juitice  111  ill  protect  the  poor, 

And  pride  and  rage  prevail  no  mere 
j  With  power  he  vindicates  the  juft, 

And  treads  th'  oppreflbr  in  the  dufl  ^ 

His  righteous  gov. 

Tilt  days  and  years  and  time  be  ; 

Le  heathen  land  leath 

■  f  o\  e  n  p  re  a  ding  dea  th, 
Revive  at  his  firft  dau  -at, 

And  del  in  /.:. 


PSALM    S.  99 

;    [Tic  rants  (hall  flourifh  in  his  days, 
Dreit  in  the  robes  of  joy  and  praile  5 
Peace,  like  a  river,  from  his  throne 
Shall  flow  to  nations  yet  unknown. 

Watts,  altered. 


Pfalm  LXXII.  Second  Part.  L,  M.  [^ 

5%i  iCutgder*  of  C>  >  :.r. 

JESUS  fhal!  reign,  where'er  the  fun 
Does  his  fucceflive  journies  run  j 
His  kingdom  itretch  from  fhore  to  fhore, 
Till  moons  {hall  wax  and  wane  no  more. 

2  Through  him  {hall  endlefs  prayers  be  made, 
And  praifes  throng  to  crown  his  head  ; 

His  name,  like  fweet  perfume,  (hall  rife 
With  every  daily  facriiiee* 

3  From  north  to  fbuth  (hall  princes  meet. 
To  pay  their  homage  at  his  feet  ; 

And  barbarous  nations,  at  his  word, 
Submit  and  bow,  and  own  their  Lord, 
A  People  and  realms  of  every  tongue 
Dwell  en  his  love,  with  grateful  long  5 
And  infant  voices  (hail  proclaim 
Their  early  bleffings  on  his  name. 

5  Blefiiugs  abound  where'er  he  reigns. 
The  prifoner  leaps  to  lofe  his  chains  ; 
The  weary  find  eternal  reft, 

And  all  the  fons  of  want  are  Weft. 

6  Where  he  difplays  his  healing  power, 
The  fting  of  death  is  known  no  more} 
In  him  the  fons  of  Adam  boaft 

More  HefHngs  than  their  father  left, 


roo  PSALMS. 

7  Let  every  creature  rife  and  bring 
Peculiar  honours  to  our  King  ; 
Angels  dtrfcend  with  longs  again, 
And  earth  repeat  the  long  Amen. 

Watts,  altered. 


IpfaliU  LXXII.  Third  Part.  L.  M.  rj] 

Di\i%e  Irjiuencs  compared  to   Ruin. 

AS  (Lowers  on  meadows  newly  mown, 
Our  God  (hall  fend  his  Spirit  down  -7 
Eternal  Source  of  grace  divine, 
What  foul  refrelhing  drops  are  thine  ! 

2  Lands  which  beneath  a  burning  iky 
Have  long  been  delblate  and  dry, 
Th'  effufions  of  his  love  fhall  fhare, 
And  fudden  life  and  verdure  wear. 

3  Tlie  dews  and  rains  in  all  their  ftore, 
Watering  the  paftures  o'er  and  o'er, 
Are  not  fo  copious  as  that  grace 
Which  fan&ifies  and  laves  our  race. 

4  As  in  foft  filence,  vernal  (bowers 
Defcend  and  cheer  the  fainting  flowers  \ 
So  in  the  fecrecy  of  love, 

Falls  the  bleft  influence  from  above, 
r  That  heavenly  influence  let  me  find, 

In  holy  filence  of  the  mind  •, 

Whilit  every  grace  maintains  its  bloom, 

Diflufing  wide  its  rich  perfume. 
6  Nor  let  thefe  bleffings  be  confin'd^ 

To  me,  but  paurfd  on  all  mankind ; 

Till  all  the  waites  in  verdure  rife, 

And  a  new  Eden  blefs  our  eyes. 

Kjffwn'5  Coilettiom 


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V    S    A    L    M    S.  iox 

jpfaim  LXXIH.  Firfl  Part.  L.  M.  [>] 

Dangerous  Prrf^triiy. 

LORD,  what  a  thoughtlefs  wretch  was  I, 
To  mourn  and  murmur  and  repine  ; 
To  fee  the  wicked  plac'd  on  high, 
And  pride  in  robes  of  honour  (nine, 

2  To  fathom  this,  my  thoughts  I  bent, 

found  the  cafe  too  hard  for  me  j 
Till  to  the  houfe  of  God  I  went, 
Then  I  their  end  did  plainly  fee 

3  However  high  advane'd,  they  all 
On  flippery  places  loofely  ftand ; 
Thence  into  ruin  headlong  fall, 
Caft  down  by  thine  Almighty  hand. 

4  Their  fancied  joys,  how  fail:  they  fl 
Juft  like  a  dream  when  man  awakes  \ 
Their  fongs  of  fofteft  harmony 

Are  but  a  preface  to  their  plagues. 

5  But  ftill  thy  prefence  me  fupplied, 
And  thy  right  hand  directs  my  way  ; 
Thy  counfels,  Lord,fha!l  be  my  guide 
To  realms  of  peace  and  enciiefs  day. 

Watts  and  Tate. 


]pfatm  LXXIII.  Sec.  Part.  C  M.  gq 

Gcd  our  Poriizn. 

GOD,  my  fupporter  and  my  hope, 
I\Iy  help  forever  near  \ 
Thine  arm  of  mercy  held  me  up, 
When  finking  in  defpair. 
£  Thy  counfels,  Lord,  (hall  guide  my  feet 
Through  this  dark  wildernefs  ; 
^hv  hand  conduct  me  near  thy  feat, 
To  dwell  before  tliy  face 

I  i 


102  PSALMS. 

3  Were  I  in  heaven  without  my  God, 

'Twould  be  no  joy  to  me ; 
And  whilft  this  earth  is  my  abode, 
I  long  for  none  but  thee. 

4  What  if  the  fprings  of  life  were  broke, 

And  flefh  and  heart  mould  faint  ? 
God  is  my  foul's  eternal  rock, 
The  ftrength  of  every  faint. 

5  Behold,  the  finners  who  remove 

Far  from  thy  prefence,  die  ; 
Not  all  the  idol  gods  they  love, 
Can  fave  them  when  they  cry. 

6  But  to  draw  near  to  thee,  my  God, 

Shall  be  my  fweet  employ  ; 
My  tongue  fhall  found  thy  works  abroad, 
And  tell  the  world  my  joy. 

Waits. 

J2>falm  LXXIV.  ver.  12,  17.  C.  M.  [#] 

Divine  Providence. 

PARENT  of  nature,  GOD  fupreme, 
Thy  works  are  great  and  good  *, 
All  nature  manifests  thy  name, 
The  iky,  the  earth,  the  flood. 

2  Thine  is  the  cheerful  day,  and  thine 

The  dark  return  of  night ; 
Thou  hall  prepar'd  the  fun  to  fhine, 
And  every  feebler  light. 

3  By  thee  each  region  of  the  earth 

In  perfect  order  Hands  ; 
The  glowing  fouth,  the  frozen  north 
Obey  thy  fu\l  commands. 


PSALMS.  1-7 

4  Thou  didfl  divide  th*  Egyptian  fea, 

By  thy  rcfiftlcfs  might ; 
To  make  thy  tribes  a  wondrous  way, 
And  then  fecure  their  flight. 

5  At  thy  command,  the  folid  rock 

Pour'd  water  from  its  fide  ; 
And  thou  didft  lead  thy  chofen  flock 

Through  Jordan's  parting  tide. 
*>  If  nature  owns  its  fevereign  Lord, 

We  would  obey  thy  will  ; 
And  whiift  we  truft  thy  faithful  word, 

We  fing  thy  praifes  it  ill. 

Watts  and  Tate,  with  Variation  and  Addition. 

J£>fa!m  LXXV.     Long  Metre,    jjj 

To\icr  of  Government  f rim  G:d  al.nc, 

(Applied  to  the  American  Revolution.) 

TO  thee,  mod  holy  and  moil  high, 
We  render  thanks  and  fing  thy  praife  *, 
Thy  works  declare  thy  name  is  nigh, 
Thy  works  of  wonder  and  oi  grace. 

2  To  bondage  doonvd,  thy  free-bora  fons 
Beheld  their  foes  indignant  rife  ; 
And,  fore  opprefs'd  by  earthly  thrones, 
Appeal'd  to  him  who  rules  the  Ikies. 

3  Then,  mighty  God,  with  equal  power 
Arofe  thy  vengeance  and  thy  grace, 
To  drive  their  legions  from  our  fhore, 
And  lave  the  men  who  fought  thy  face. 

4  Let  haughty  princes  fink  their  pride, 
Nor  lift  to  high  their  fcoroful  head  , 
But  lay  their  impious  thoughts  afide, 

And  own  the  powers  which  God  has  made. 


VH  P    S    A    L    M    S, 

5  Such  honours  never  conjf  by  chance, 

Nor  do  the  winds  promotion  blow  ; 
But  God  the  judge  doth  one  advance, 
'fis  he  that  Jays  another  low. 

6  No  vain  pretence  to  royal  birth, 
Shall  raile  a  tyrant  to  the  throne; 
Th'  impartial  Sovereign  of  the  earth 
Will  make  the  rights  of  men  be  known. 

7  His  hand  will  ye:  upheld  the  / 

And  whilii  he  tramples  on  ;he  proud, 
And  lays  their  glory  in  the  duft, 
Oar  lips  ihaii  fmg  his  praife  aloud. 

Altered  from  Watt! 


Jpfalm  LXXVI.  Common  Metre. 

God's  guai  dian  C  - 

X  Judajij   God  of  eld  was  known, 

His  name  in  Ifirael  great  ; 
In  Salem  Rood  his  facred  throne, 

And  Sion  was  Ins 

g  From  I  'en  went  I  i  ul  word, 

And  brohe  the  thre  I  ow  ; 

\  I     fpear   tl  •  ord, 

toe. 

3  Wbatarpthe  dingdom. 

But 

The  hill  on   which  Jehovah  dwells, 
lo  glorious  more  t. 

r  can  iland  be:  ight, 

.n  once  thy  wrath 
When  heaven  fiiines  rounds 
The  earth  lie 


P    S    A    L    M    S.  105 

£  "When  God,  bv  his  own  fovcreign  grace, 
Appears  to  fave  the  oppreiVd  ; 
The  wrath  of  man  (ball  work  his  praife, 
And  he'll  reltrain  the  reft. 

Watt:. 

Pfailll  LXXVIL     Commm  Meire.  [y] 

Comfort  derlvcijr^m  aucunt  Providences, 

WHEN  overwhelm'd  with  pain  and  grief. 
Beneath  thy  chaftening  rod  j 
D^priv'd  of  comfort  and  relief, 
We  look  to  thee,  our  God. 

2  Wilt  thou  forever  caft  us  off? 

And  will  thy  wrath  prevail  ? 
Hall  thou  forgot  thy  tender  love  ? 
And  will  thy  promife  fail  ? 

3  But  faith  forbids  this  hopelefs  thought, 

And  checks  this  doubting  frame  •, 
We  know  the  works  thy  hand  has  wrought, 
Thy  hand  is  ftili  the  fame. 

4  Long  did  the  fons  of  Jacob  lie, 

By  Egypt's  yoke  opprefs'd ; 
Didit  thou  refufc  to  hear  their  cry, 
And  give  thy  people  reft  ? 

5  In  thine  own  way,  thy  chofen  fheep 

Mull:  hear  thy  mighty  call  \ 
Muit  venture  thro'  the  parted  deep  j 
Jiefide  die  liquid  wall. 

6  Strange  was  their  journey  thro*  the  fea, 

A  path  before  unknown  ! 
Terrors  attend  their  wond'rous  way, 
put  mercy  leads  them  on. 


ic5  F  3    A   L    M    » 

7  ThV  trftcklefs  wares  of  ocean  hide 
Thy  footfteps  from  our  fight, 

Wrfl  follow  where  thy  hand  fhall  guide, 
for  thou  will  lead  us  r 

Altered  from  \W.tts. 

i?fa;n;  LXX  VM.FirftPart.  C.  M.  [*orb 

Religious   Education  of  Children. 

G\  IVE  ear,  ye  children,  to  my  law, 
T     Devout  attention  lend  ; 
Let  the  inftructions  of  my  mouth 
Deep  in  your  heart  defcend. 

2  My  tongue  by  infpiration  taught. 

Shall  parables  unfold  ; 
Dark  oracles,  but  underitood, 
And  own'd  for  truths  of  old  : 

3  Which  we  from  facred  registers 

Of  ancient  times  have  known, 
And  cur  forefathers'  pious  care 
To  us  have  handed  doun. 

'^  Let  children  learn  the  mighty  deed* 
Which  God  perform'd  of  old  ; 
Winch  in  our  younger  years  we  faw, 
And  which  our  fathers  told. 

NU*  lips  fiuM  tell  them  to  our  fo-ns, 
L,       ^nd  they  again  to  theirs  ; 
^        '     t  generations  yet  unborn 
^ \A:,y  teach  them  to  their  heirs. 
•6  Thlis  fhail  they  learn,  in  God  alone 
Their  hope  fecurely  ft  and  s •> 
That  they  may  ne'er  forget  Ins  works, 
praftifc  his  commands. 

Tate  and  Wat Tt, 


f    S    A   L    M    S. 

iPfaim  LXXVIII.  Second  Part.   C.  M* 
Verfe  19,  2c.      [^orfe] 

^  TaZ/tf  Pi  t£«  IVilJcneji* 

PARENT  of  univerfal  good, 
We  own  thy  bounteous  hand  i 
Which  did  fo  rich  a  table  fpread, 
Ev'n  in  a  defart  land. 

2  Struck  by  thy  power,  the  flinty  rocks 

.In  gufhing  torrents  flow  ; 
The  feather'd  wanderers  of  the  air 
Thy  guiding  inftinct  know. 

3  From  pregnant  clouds,  at  thy  command* 

Defcends  eekftial  bread ; 
And  by  light  drops  of  pearly  dew 
Are  numerous  armies  fed. 

4  Supported  thus,  thine  Ifrael  march'd\ 

The  promis'd  land  to  gain  ; 
And  fhall  thy  children  now  begin. 
To  feek  their  God  in  vain  ? 

5  Are  alt  thy  ftcres  exhausted  now  ? 

Or  does  thy  mercy  fail  ? 
That  faith  mould  languish  in  our  breaft? 
And  anxious  care  prevail  ? 

6  Ye  bafe  unworthy  fears,  be  gone3 

And  wide  difperfe  in  air  ; 
For  ws  deferve  cur  Father's  rod* 
When  we  diilruft  his  care, 

pfalm lxxix.    Long  M7trT"r-'-x 

1/jf  Delineation  of  War. 

BEHOLD,  O  God,  how  cruel  fees 
Our  peaceful  heritage;  invade  ;. 


iw8  F   S    A    L    M   % 

Their  lawlefs  tribute  they  impofe, 
And  in  the  dud  our  towns  are  laid. 

2  To  rav'nous  birds,  our  flcfli  they  gave, 
Slaughtered  on  fields,,  with  crimicn  dy'd  , 
Tlie  che?p  indulgence  of  a  grave 

Is  by  inhuman  foes  deny'd. 

3  How  long,  O  Lord,  (hall  we  endure  ? 
Wilt  thou  not  hear  the  captive's  cry  ? 
llcfcuc,  by  thine  almighty  power, 

The  trembling  wretch,  condemn'd  to  die. 

4  Remember  not  our  former  guilt, 
Cut  fave  us  by  thy  boundlefs  grace  •, 
Then  fhrdl  our  waftes  again  be  built, 
And  all  our  mouths  be  lill'd  with  praife. 

Altered  irom  Earlow. 

l^fClm  LXXX.     Lmg  Metre.     [j 

The  Vineyard  cj~  Cod  laid  t(  - 

GREAT  »Shepherd  of  thine  Ifrnel, 
Who  didft  between  the  cherubs  dwell, 
And  lead  the  tribes,  thy  chofen  (beep, 
Safe  thro'  the  defart  and  the  deep  : 

2  Thy  church  defertea  now  appears  ; 
Shine  from  on  high,  difpel  our  fears  > 
Turn  us  to  thee,  thy  love  reftore, 
We  (hall  be  fav'd,  and  Ggb  no  more. 

3  Haft  thou  not  planted  with  thy  hand 
A  lovely  vine  in  this  cur  land  ? 
Did  not  thy  power  defend  it  round, 
And  heavenly  dews  enrich  the  ground  I 

4  How  did  the  fpreading  branches  fhoot, 
And  blefs  thy  people  with  rs  fruit  \ 
But  now,  O  Lord,  look  down  and  fee 
Thy  mourning  vine,  thy  lovely  r 


PSALMS,  109 

Why  is  its  beauty  thus  defac'd  ? 
Why  are  its  fences  thus  laid  waftc  ? 
Its  fruit  expos'd  befide  the  way, 
To  each  rapacious  hand  a  prey  f 
Return,  O  God,  thy  face  incline  j 
Return,  and  vifit  this  thy  vine  ; 
Turn  us  to  thee,-  thy  face  difplay, 
And  grief  and  fear  fhall  fly  away. 

Watts  and  Merrick. 

Pfaim  LXXXI.     Short  Metre,  m 

Spirtyal  BleJJings  and  Punijhmentt* 

SING  to  the  Lord,  aloud, 
And  make  a  joyful  noife  : 
God  is  our  ftrength,  our  Saviour  God, 
Let  Ifrael  hear  his  voice. 

2  "  From  vile  adclatry, 
Preferve  my  worfhip  clean  ; 

I  am  the  Lord  who  fet  thee  free 
From  flavery  and  fin. 

3  "  Stretch  thy  defires  abroad, 

And  Pll  fupply  them  well  \  j 

But  if  ye  will  refufe  your  God, 
If  Ifrael  will  rebel, 

4  "  Pll  leave  them,  faith  the  Lord, 
To  their  own  lulls   a  prey  ; 

And  let  them  run  the  dangerous  road, 
'Tis  their  own  chofen  way. 

5  "  Yet,  O  that  all  my  faints 
Would  hearken  to  my  voice  ; 

Soon  would  I  eafe  their  fore  complaints, 
And  make  their  hearts  rejoice. 
K 


no  P    S    A    L    M    S. 

6  "  Whilft  I  deftroy  their  foes, 

I'd  richly  feed  my  flock  ; 
And  they  ihould  tafte  the  ft  re  am  that  flow 

From  their  eternal  Rock.'7 

Wat 

PCalHl  LXXXIL     Common  Metre. 

Warning  to  Magif.rc+ts-, 

GOD  in  the  great  affembly  (lands, 
And>  with  impartial  eye, 
Beholds  hew  rulers  ufe  their  power, 
And  does  their  actions  try. 

2  When  juitice  reigns,  and  right  prevails, 

The  judge  their  virtue  loves  •> 
But  when  iniquity  abounds, 
Their  deeds  he  difapproves. 

3  The  futhful  voice  of  conscience  fpeaks 

la  (hence  to  their  mind  ; 
"  How  iong  will  ye  unjultly  judge, 
And  be  to  finners  kind  I 

4  M  Protect  the  humble,  help  the  poor, 

The  fatherlefs  defend  \ 
Dare  not  the  widow  to  opprefs, 
And  be  the  fuffercr's  friend. 

5  "Remember,  tho' your  feat  is  high, 

Your  title  Gods  on  earth, 
Your  heads  mult  in  the  grave  be  laid, 
Like  men  of  humble  birth. 

6  u  Your  public  acts  and  private  deeds 

Will  into  judgment  come  ; 
And  from  my  lips  muft  each  receive- 
The  melt  impartial  doom." 


PSALMS.  in 

7  Arife,  O  God,  thy  facred  truth 
Thro'  all  the  earth  difplay  ; 
Till  every  nation  (hall  behold 
And  own  thy  righteous  fway. 

Altered  from  Tat*. 

JPt'alm  LXXXIII.      Short  Metre.  £@ 

Comprint  againjl  Perfecutors. 

AND  will  the  God  of  grace 
Perpetual  Slence  keep  ? 
Vv  hen  bloody  men,  more  fierce  than  wolves* 
Devour  his  harmlefs  flieep  ? 

2  Againft  thy  feeble  flock 
Their  counfels  they  employ  ; 

And  malice  with  her  watchful  eye 
Purfues  them,  to  daftroy. 

3  u  Come,  let  us  join,  they  fay, 
To  Extirpate  the  race  ; 

Till  dark  oblivion  (hall  prevail, 
Their  mem'ry  to  efface." 

4  Awake,  Almighty  God, 
And  difappoint  their  aim  ; 

Make  them  like  chaff  before  the  wind. 
Or  ftubble  to  the  flame. 

5  Then  fhall  the  nations  know, 
That  glorious,  faithful  word, 

"  No  human  counfels  or  device 
Can  (land  againft  the  Lord." 

Altered  from  Watts. 

Pfaim  LXXXIV.      Long  Metre.     S] 

The  Pleafure  of  Public  Worfiip. 

GREAT  God,  attend,  while  Zion  fings 
The  joy  that  from  thy  prefence  fprings  \ 


ii2  P   S    A    L    M    S. 

To  fpend  one  clay  with  thee  on  earth* 
Exceeds  a  thoufand  days  of  mirth. 

2  The  fparrow  choofes  where  to  reft, 
And  for  her  young  provides  a  neft  ; 
But  will  my  God  to  fparrows  grant 
Thofe  pleafures  which  his  children  want  ? 

3  Might  I  enjoy  the  meaneft  place 
Within  thy  houfe,  O  God  of  grace  ; 
Not  tents  of  eafe,  nor  thrones  of  power, 
Should  tempt  me  to  defert  thy  door. 

4  God  is  our  Sun,  he  makes  our  day  ; 
God  is  our  Shield,  he  guards  our  way 
From  all  th'  afiaults  of  hell  and  fin, 
From  foes  without,  and  foes  within. 

5  All  needful  grace  will  God  beftow, 
And  crown  that  grace  with  glory  too  ; 
He  gives  us  all  things,  and  withholds 
No  real  good  from  upright  fouls. 

6  Blefl  are  the  men,  whofe  ftedfaft  mind 
To  Zion's  gate  is  ftill  inclin'd  ; 
God  is  their  ftrength,  and  through  the  road* 
They  lean  upon  their  helper,  God. 

7  Cheerful  they  walk  with  growing  ftrength, 
Till  all  (hall  meet  in  heaven  at  length  ; 
Till  all  before  thy  face  appear, 

And  join  in  nobler  worfhip  there. 

Watts. 


pfaliU  LXXXIV.  Firft  Part.  C.  M.  [« 

Delight  in  Divine  Ordinances. 

MY  heart  and  flefh  cry  out  for  thee, 
While  far  from  thine  abode  •, 
When  fhall  I  tread  thy  courts,  and  fee 
My  Saviour  and  my  God  ' 


P    S    A    L    M    S.  ii; 

To  fit  one  day  beneath  thine  eye, 
And  hear  thy  gracious  voice. 

Exceeds  a  thou  fa  nd  days  empioy'd 
In  fin's  voluptuous  jo\  s. 

Much  rather  in  God's  houfe,  would  I 

The  meaneft  office  take, 
Than  in  the  wealthy  tents  of  fin 

Myfplendid  dwelling  make. 

4  For  God,  who  is  our  Sun  and  Shield, 

Will  grace  and  glory  give  ; 
And  no  good  thing  will  he  withhold 
From  them  who  juflly  live. 

5  O  God,  whom  heavenly  hofts  obey, 

How  highly  bleft  is  he, 
Whole  hope  and  trull,  fecurely  plac'd. 
Are  ftill  repos'd  on  thee  ! 

6  O  could  I  o'er  the  fpacious  land 

And  fea  extend  my  fway, 
For  one  bleft  hour  at  thy  right  hand, 
Td  give  them  both  away. 

Tate  and  Watts. 


Pfalm  LXXXIV.  Second  Part.  C.M.m 

Delight  in  Divine  Ordinances, 

OLORD,  how  worthy  of  our  love 
Is  that  delightful  place, 
Where  we  can  meet  to  pray  and  hear 
Thy  word  of  truth  and  grace  ! 
2  Our  longing  foul  faints  with  defire 
To  tread  that  bleft  abode  \ 
Our  panting  heart  and  fleih  cry  out 
For  thee,  the  living  God. 


r4  P    S    A    L    M   S. 

3  There  the  great  Monarch  of  the  Ikies 
His  faring  power  difplays, 
And  light  breaks  in  upon  our  eyes. 
With  kind  and  quick'ning  rays. 
^  The  birds  mere  happy  far  than  we, 
Around  thy  temple  throng  ; 
Securely  there  they  build,  and  there 
Securely  hatch  their  young. 
5  Thrice  happy  they  whofe  choice  has  thee 
Their  fure  protection  made  ! 
Who  love  to  tread  the  facred  ways 
Which  to  thy  temple  lead. 
5  Thus  they  proceed  by  various  fteps, 
And  ftill  approach  more  near, 
Till  all  on  Zion's  heavenly  mount, 
Before  their  God  appear. 

Tate  and  Watts,  with  Variation. 

Pfalm  LXXXIV.  Hallelujah  Metre.  El 

The  Pleafure  of  Public  W.rjkip. 

T    ORD  of  the  worlds  above, 
\  a   How  pleafant  and  how  fair 
'The  dwellings  of  thy  love, 
Thy  earthly  temples  are  ! 
To  thine  abode,  My  heart  afj 

With  warm  defires,       To  fee  my  G 
g  The  fparrow  for  her  yoi 
\V  ith  pleafure  feeks  a  neft, 
And  wand'ring  (wallows  lorg 
To  find  their  wonted  reft  *, 

With  equal  zeal,         Lord  I  would  wait. 
Within  thy  gate.         And 
3  To  fpend  one  facred  day 
"Where  God  and  faints  abide. 


P    S    A    L    M    S.  1x5 

Affbrds  diviner  joy 

Than  thoufand  days  befide  ; 

Where  God  reforts,     I  love  it  rr 

To  keep  the  door         Than  fhine  in  cou 

4  O  happy  fouls  that  pray 
Where  God  appoints  to  hear  ; 
O  happy  men  that  pay 
Their  conftant  fervice  there  ! 

They  praife  thee  (till,  And  happy  they. 
Who  tind  the  way        To  Zion's  hill. 

5  They  go  from  ftrength  to  ftrength, 
Through  this  dark  vale  of  tears, 
Till  each  arrives  at  length, 

Till  each  in  heaven  appears. 

O  glorious  feat  !         When  God  our  King 
Shall  thither  bring     Our  willing  feet  ! 

Watts. 

Pfalm  LXXXV.     Common   Metre,  tyl 

Prayer  for  Public  Deliver  ar.ee. 

THY  favour,  gracious  Lord,  difplay 
Which  we  have  long  implord  ; 
And  for  thy  wond'rous  mercy*s  fake* 
Thy  heavenly  aid  afford. 

2  Thine  anfwer  patiently  we'll  wait. 

For  thou  with  glad  fuccefs, 
If  they  no  move  to  folly  turn, 
Thy  mourning  faints  wilt  blefs. 

3  To  thofe  who  fear  thy  holy  n?.me5 

Is  thy  falvation  near  ; 
And  in  its  former  happy  (late, 
Our  nation  {hall  appear, 

4  For  mercy  now  with  truth  is  join\i3 

And  righteoufnefs  with  peace  \ 


u6  P    S    A    L    M    S. 

Thofc  kind  companions  abfent  long, 
With  friendly  arms  embrace. 

p  Truth  from  the  earth,  like  faired  flowers 
Shall  fpririg  and  bloom  around  ; 
And  juftice  from  her  heavenly  feat* 
Behold  and  blefs  the  ground. 

6  The  Lord  will  on  our  land  beftow 

Whatever  thing  is  good  •, 
The  foil  in  plenty  fhall  produce 
Her  fruits  to  be  our  food. 

7  Before  him  righteoufnefs  fhall  go, 

And  his  juit  path  prepare  ; 

Whilft  we  his  fa c red  fteps  purfue 

With  conitant  zeal  and  care. 

Milton  and  Tate. 

Pfalm  LXXXV.     Long  Metre.    W 

Salvation  by  Cbrtjr. 

SALVATION  is  forever  nigh 
The  fouls  who  fear  and  truft  the  Lord  \ 
And  grace,  defcending  from  on  high, 
The  hope  of  glory  fhall  afford. 

2  Mercy  and  truth  on  earth  are  met, 
SinceChrilT  theLord  came  down  from  heaven*, 
By  his  obedience  fo  complete, 

Juftice  is  pleas'd,  and  peace  is  given. 

3  Now  truth  and  virtue  ihall  abound, 
Religion  dwell  on  earth  again, 

And  heavenly  influence  blefs  the  ground, 
In  our  Redeemer's  gentle  reign. 

4  His  righteoufnefs  is  gone  before, 
To  give  u$  free  accefs  to  God  ; 

Our  wandering  feet  (hall  ftray  no  more,      » 
J3ut  mark  his  lteps,  and  keep  the  road. 

Watt*. 


P    S    A    L    M    S.  117 

Jli>falm  LXXXVI.     Qommofi  Meire.  [*] 

(See  Hymn  LIV.) 

Th:  Grfatnrj's  and  Goodnefs  of  G:d. 

AMONG  the  gods  there's  none  like  thee; 
O  Lord,  alone  divine  ! 
Nor  is  their  nature,  mighty  Lord, 
Nor  are  their  works  like  thine. 
2  Therefore  their  great  Creator,  thee, 
Ail  nations  (hall  adore  ; 
Their  long  mifguided  prayers,  and  praife 
To  thy  great  name  reftore. 
j  All  (hall  confefs  thee  great,  and  great 
The  wonders  thou  haft  done  ; 
They  mail  confefs  thee  God  fupreme, 
Confefs  thee  God  alone. 

}  Not  only  great,  but  good  thou  art, 
And  ready  to  forgive  \ 
Thy  mercy  hears  the  penitent, 
And  bids  the  finner  live. 
I  To  my  repeated,  humble  prayer, 
O  Lord  attentive  be ; 
In  trouble,  I  on  thee  will  call, 
For  thou  wilt  anfwer  me. 
5  To  me,  v/ho  daily  thee  invoke, 
Thy  mercy,  Lord,  extend  ; 
Refreili  thy  fervanrs  foul,  whofe  hopes 
On  thee  alone  depend. 

Tate  and  Watts,  with  Alteration, 

12>faim  LXXXVII.    Long  Metre.      ~~ 1 

The  Church  tic  Blrf.-Pla::  cf  Sairu. 

(On  opening  a  new  place  of  worfhip  ) 
\  ND  will  the  great  eternal  God 
A  On  earth  eftablilh  his  abode  ? 


nS  PSALMS. 

And  will  he  from  his  radiant  throne, 
Avow  our  temples  as  his  own  ? 

2  We  bring  the  tribute  of  our  praife, 
And  ling  that  cofidefcending  grace, 
Whkh  to  our  notes  will  lend  an  car, 
And  call  us  finful  mortals  v. 

3  Our  Father's  watchful  care  we  blefs, 
"Which  guards  our  fynagogues  in  peace, 
That  no  tumultuous  foes  invade, 

To  fill  our  worlhippers  with  dread. 

4  Thefe  walls,  we  to  thy  honour  raife, 
Long  may  they  echo  with  thy  praife  •, 
And  thou  descending  fill  the  place, 
With  choieeft  tokens  of  thy  grace. 

5  Here  let  the  great  Redeemer  reign, 
With  all  the  graces  of  his  train  ; 
Whiift  power  divine  his  word  attends, 
To  conquer  foes,  and  cheer  his  friends. 

6  And  in  the  great  deciiive  day, 
When  God  the  nations  fhali  iurvey, 
May  it  before  the  world  appear, 
ThouL.nds  were  born  to  giory  here. 


Doddridge. 


Pfaim  LXXXVIII.  Ver.  ic.  L.M.  [*3 

R;j-Amct:cn. 

(Adapted  to  the  defign  of  Humane  Sociei 

FROM  thee,  great  Lord  of  life  and  death, 
Dj  we  receive  our  vital  breath  f 
And  at  thy  Sovereign  call,  reii^ii 
That  vital  breath,  that  gift  divine. 
2  Wile  thou  (how  wonders  to  the  dead  ? 
Wilt  tl:.  the  lifelefs  head  ? 


P    3    A    L    M    S.  iip 

And  from  the  filence  oi  the  grave, 
Wilt  thou  the  wretched  \  e  : 

3  Such  wonders,  formerly  unknown, 
Thy  providence  to  us  hath  fhown  ; 
To  feeble  man  thou  doit  impart 
The  pJaftic,  life-redeeming  art. 

4  We  blefs  thee  for  the  fkill  and  power, 
From  death  s  appearance,  to  re  ft  ore 
This  nee  machine  of  curious  frame, 
And  light  again  the  vital  flame. 

5  May  ev'ry  life  by  thee  reftor'd, 
Be  confecratea  to  the  Lord ; 

v  pious  love  infpire  each  breaft, 
Which  has  thy  feving  hand  confeiYJ. 

6  Again  they  mull  rengn  their  breath, 
And  fink  beneath  the  ftroke  of  death  ; 
When  from  that  death  they  mall  revive, 
May  ^rich  with  thee  in  glory  live. 

IpMm  lxxxviii.  s/.v  Line  l.  nl  :.: 

On  the  D;ath  of  Friends. 

OGOD  of  my  falvation,  hear 
My  nightiy  groans,  my  daily  prayer, 
That  ftill  employ  my  wafting  breath  -, 
My  fotolj  declining  to  the  grave,' 
Implores  thy  fovereign  power  to  lave 
From  dark  defpair  and  gloomy  death-. 
2  Thy  wrath  lies  heavy  on  my  foul, 
And  waves  of  forrow  o'er  me  roll, 

Whilft  duft  and  filence  fpread  the  gloom  \ 
My  friends  belov'd,  in  happier  days, 
1  he  dear  companion  of  my  ways, 
Drfcend  around  me  to  the  tomb* 


PSALMS. 

3  As  loft  in  lonely  grief  I  tread 
The  filent  manfions  of  the  dead, 

Or  to  fome  throng'd  aficmbly  go  j 
Through  all  alike  I  rove  alone, 
Forgotten  here,  and  there  unknown, 

The  change  renews  my  piercing  v,  ; 

4  Wilt  thou  negleS  my  mournful  call  ? 
Or  who  fhall  profit  by  my  fall, 

When  life  departs  and  love  expires  ? 
Can  duft  and  darknefs  praife  the  Lord, 
Or  wake  and  brighten  at  his  word, 

To  join  the  high  angelic  choirs  ? 

5  My  friends  are  gone,  my  comforts  fled, 
The  fad  remembrance  of  the  dead 

Recals  my  wandering  thoughts  to  mourn  $ 
But  thro'  each  melancholy  day, 
I  call  on  thee,  and  ftill  will  pray, 

Imploring  ftill  thy  kind  return. 

BaR£ow. 

pralm  LXXXIX.  FirftPart.  CM.  [*] 

A   blcjed  Go/pel. 

LEST  are  the  fouls  who  hear  and  kn< 

The  gofpel's  joyful  found  ; 
Peace  fhali  attend  the  path  they  go, 

And  light  their  fteps  furround. 
Their  jcy  fhall  bear  their  fpirits  up, 

Thro'  their  Redeemer's  name  , 
His  promifes  exalt  their  hope, 

Nor  Satan  dares  condemn. 
The  Lord,  our  glory  and  defence, 

Strength  and  falvation  gives  ; 
Ifirael,  thy  King  forever  reigns, 

Thy  God  forever  lives. 

Watts. 


B 


PSALMS.  til 

$3falm lxxxix.  s.p.  cm.  [****: 

TZ-:-  Gevenant  of  Gra::. 

HKSi  what  rhe  Lord  in  vifion  faid, 
I  made  his  mercy  known  ? . 
"Sinners,  behold  your  help  is  laid 
On  my  beloved  Son. 

2  "  Beheld  the  man  my  vvifdem  chofe, 

Among  your  mortal  race  ; 
His  head  my  holy  oil  Overflows, 
The  fpirit  of  my  grace, 

3  "High  mail  he  reign  on  David's  throne, 

My  people's  better  Jcipg  5 
My  atm  fhall  put  his  rivals  down, 
And  ft  ill  new  fubjecls  bring. 

4  "My  truth  fhall  guard  him  in  his  . 

With  mercy  by  his  fi 
While  in  my  name,  thr  -  and  fja, 

He  mall  in  triumph  :. 

5  "  Me  for  his  father  and  his  God, 

He  {hall  forcv 
Call  me  his  rock,  his  high  abode, 
And  I'll  i.-;      rtxnj  Soil, 

6  "  My  firft-hprn  Son,  array'd  in  gra 

At  nvy  right  ha:  it  ; 

Beneath  him,  angels  knQW  their  place,. 
And  princes  at  his  leet. 

7  "  My  cov'nant  (lands  forever  fa  ft, 

My  pro:.  g  ; 

Firm  as  the  heavhi  his  throne  fhaH  laft, 
His  feed  endure  as  long," 

."7*. 


122  P    S    A    L    M    3. 

jpfalm lxxxix.  3dP.  cm.  e*»h 

The  CqVCi  -r   .'   /Grace, 

«  TTET  (faith  the  Lord)  if  David's  race, 
X     .  The  children  of  my  Son, 
Should  break  my  laws,  abuie  my  grace, 
And  tempt  my  anger  clown  •, 

2  "Their  fins  Til  vifit  with  the  rod, 

And  make  their  folly  fmart  ; 
But  never  ceafe  to  be  their  God, 
Nor  from  my  truth  depart. 

3  "  My  cov'nant  I  will  not  revoke, 

But  keep  my  grace  in  mind  ; 
And  what  eternal  love  hath  fpokej 
Eternal  truth  {hall  bind. 

4  "  Once  have  I  fworn  (I  need  no  more) 

And  pledg'd  my  holincfs  ; 
To  feal  the  facred  promife  fure 
To  David  and  his  race. 

5  "The  fun  (hall  fee  his  offspring  rife, 

And  fprcad  from  fea  to  fea  ; 
Long  as  he  travels  round  the  ikies, 
To  give  the  nations  day. 

6  "Sure  as  the  moon  that  rules  the  nij 

His  kingdom  fhall  endure  ; 
Till  the  fix'd  laws  of  (hade  and  light 
Shall  be  obferv'd  no  more" 

\VATTSi 

Pfaim  LXXXIX.  Six  Line  L.  M.    [p] 

Life.Dtath  ttif 4b*  RefurreB 

THINK,  mighty  God,  on  feeble  man  \ 
How  few  his  hours,  how  fhort  the  fpan  \ 
Short  from  the  cradle  to  the  grave  : 


PSALMS.  123 

Who  can  fecure  his  vital  breath, 
Againft  the  bold  demands  of  death, 
With  (kill  to  fiy,  or  power  to  lave  : 

2  Lord,  {hall  it  be  forever  faid, 

"  The  race  of  men  was  only  made 

For  ficknefs,  forrow  and  the  dud  ?" 
Are  not  thy  fervanrs,  day  by  day, 
Sent  to  the  grave,  and  turn'd  to  clay  ? 
Lord,  where's  thy  kindnefs  to  the  juft  i 

3  Haft  thou  not  promis'd  to  thy  Son, 
And  all  his  feed,  a  heavenly  crown  ? 

But  fleiTi  and  fenfe  indulge  defpair  : 
Forever  bleifed  be  the  Lord, 
That  faith  can  read  thy  holy  word, 

And  find  a  refurre&ion  there, 

4  Forever  blefled  be  the  Lord, 
Who  gives  his  faints  a  long  reward 

For  all  their  toil,  reproach  and  pain  : 
Let  all  below,  and  all  above, 
Join  to  proclaim  thy  wend'rous  love, 

And  each  repeat  their  loud  Amc?i. 

Wa  t  t  3, 

Jpfalm  LXXXIX.  Firft  Part.  I.  M.  [*j 

Tr.e  Covenant  of  Grace. 

FOREVER  (hail  my  fong  record 
The  truth  and  mercy  of  the  Lord  ; 
Mercy  and  truth  forever  ftand 
Like  heaven,  eftabiifh'd  by  his  hand. 
2  Thus  to  his  Son  he  fwore,  and  faid, 
"With  thee  my  covenant  is  made  ; 
In  thee  fltaU  eying  finners  live, 
plory  and  grace  are  thine  to  give. 


n4  P    S    A    L       I 

3  "  Be  thou  my  prophet,  thou  my  priefr, 
Thy  children  fhil  1  be  ft  j 
Thou  art  my  chofen  „ne 
Shall  ftand  etc 

4  fC  There's  none  of  all  my  faints  above, 
So  much  my  image  or  my  love, 
Ccleftial  powers  thy  lubject.-:  are  ; 
Then  what  can  earth  with  thee  compare  ? 

5  "  David,  my  fervant,  whom  I  chofe 
To  guard  my  flock,  to  crufli  my  fo 
And  rais'd  him  to  the  Jew  iih  throne, 
Was  but  the  fhadow  or  my  Son.'' 

6  Now  let  the  church  rejoice  and  fing, 
Jefus  her  Saviour,  and  her  King  ; 
Angels  his  heavenly  honours  ih 
And  faints  declare  his  works  below. 

Yv*ATT5. 

pfaim  lxxxix.  s.  p.  l.  m.  5 or  w 

Divine  Sovereignty,  ar.d  Public  Wt 

II J  HAT  feraph  of  celeftinl  birth, 
V  V     To  vie  with  ifrael's  God  (hall  dare  ? 

Or  who  among  the  fons  of  e;; 

Can  with  the  mighty  God  compare  ? 
2  Lord  God  of  armies,  who  can  boaft 

Of  ftrengrh  and  power  like  thine  renown'd  ? 

Of  fuch  a  numerous  faithful  hod 

As  that  which  does  thy  throne  furround  ? 
iou  doft  the  raging  fea  control, 

And  change  the  furiace  of  the  deep  ; 

Thou  rnak'it.  the  fief  ping  billows  roll. 

Thou  mak'il  the  rolling  billows  ileep  ! 
H   In  thee  the  f.  right  remains 

O:  i  ,  thee,  Lord,  alone, 


P    S    A    L    U    S.  iz5 

The  world,  and  all  that  it  contains, 
Their  Maker  and  Piefcrvcr  own. 

5  Happy,  thrice  happy  they,  who  hear 
The  facred  trumpet's  joyful  found  ; 
And  who  among  thy  faints  appear, 
With  thy  moft  glorious  prefence  erown'd. 

6  With  rcv'rur.ce  and  religious  dread, 
Thy  faints  will  to  thy  temple  prefs  ; 
Thy  fear  thro'  all  their  hearts  (hall  fprcad, 
Who  thy  moft  holy  name  confefs. 

Tate. 


Pfalm  XC.       Cowmen   Metre.        U,\ 

G—t*  ElcT*iiyyand Ma**  Mortality. 

BEFORE  the  hills  in  order  ftood, 
Or  earth  receiy'd  her  frame  ; 
From  everlafling,  thou  art  God, 
To  endlefs  years  the  fame. 

2  Thy  word  commands  our  fieih  to  dull, 

"Return,  ye  ions  of  men  •," 
All  nations  rofe  from  earth  at  fir  ft, 
And  turn  to  earth  again. 

3  A  thoufand  ages  in  thy  fight, 

Are  like  an  evening  gone  ; 

Short  as  the  watch  that  ends  the  night, 
Before  the  riling  fun. 

4  Time,  like  an  erer-running  ftream, 

Bears  ah  its  ferns  away  •, 
They  fly  forgotten,  as  a  dream 
Dies  at  the  opening  day. 
C  'Tis  but  a  few  whofe  days  amount 
To  threefcore  years  and  ten  -9 
L2 


PSA    I-    M    S. 

And  all  bey- 
Is  forrow,  toil,  and  pain. 
6  Then  let  us  learn  the  heaven1 
T  improve  ri 

That  we  m 

And  live  beyond  the  gi 


J^falm  XC.     Long  Mare,     f^crb] 

D'tylne  Pr*t§8U  A-;. 

THOU,  Lord,  thro'  every  changing  fcene, 
Haft  to  the  fain:  been  \ 

Thro'  every  age,  c  :>d, 

Their  pleafing  be 

2  In  thee  out  fathers  5ft, 
And  were  with  thy  prdte&ion 

Though  in  the  fhade  of  death  they  lie, 
Thq 

3  Beho4d  their  fons,  a  feeble  rac 
We  come  to  fill  our  father 

Our  helplefs  (late  with  pity  view, 
And  let  us  lhare  their  too. 

J   Through  all  the  thorny  paths  we  tread, 
Ere  we  are  number'd  with  the  dead  ; 
When  friends  defert,  and  foes  invade, 
Be  thou  our  all-fufRcient  aid. 

t   So  when  this  pilgrimage  is  o'er, 

And  we  mult  dwell  on  earth  no  mere, 
To  thee,  great  God,  inay  we  afcend, 
And  find  an  everlafling  friend. 

6  To  thee  our  infant  race  well  leave, 
'I  hem  may  their  father's  God  receive  \ 
That  voices  yet  unfonn'd  may  raife 
$uc:  .life. 

*~>     *  -  7  .  Z  3  T. . 


PSALMS.  127 

]?falm    XC.       Short  Metre.        ft] 

The  '  Lift. 

LORD,  what  a  feeble  pi 
Is  this  our  mortal  fran 
Our  life  how  poor  a  trifle  'tis, 
That  fear  res  the  name  ! 

2  Alas,  the  brittle  clay, 
That  built  our  body  nrft  ! 

And  every, month,  and  every  day, 
'Tis  moulding   back  to   dull  ! 

3  Then,  if  cur  d  fly. 
Well  keep  their  end  in  fight ; 

We'll  fpend  them  ail  in  wifdom's  way, 
And  let  them  fpeed  their  flight. 

4  They'll  fooner  waft  us  o'er 
This  life's  tempeftuous  fea  ; 

Then  fhaii  we  reach  the  peaceful  frore 
Of  bleft  eternity. 

Watts. 

PfallTl  XCI.     Common  Metre,     [igorfe] 

Divine  Pt  »  and  Gratitude. 

WHEN  I  furvey  life's  varied  fcene, 
Amid  it  the  darkeft  hours  ; 
Bright  rays  of  comfort  fhine  between, 
And  thorns  are  mix'd  with  flowers. 

2  This  thought  can  all  my  fears  control, 

And  bid  my  forrows  fly  ; 
No  harm  can  ever  reach  my  foul, 
Beneath  my  Father's  eye. 

3  Whate'er  thy  facred  will  ordains, 

O  give  me  ftrength  to  bear  ^ 


i28  mai  m  s. 

And  let  me  know  my  Father  rei 
And  trull  his  tender  t 

4  If  pain  And  (icknefs  rem!  ...e, 

And  life  air  rt  ; 

Is  n<  ftill  the  fa 

To  cheer  my  drooping 

5  Is  blooj  Ith  my  h 

O  may  I  blefs  my  God  ; 
■■  gcodnefc  let  my  \ 
And  ipread  thy  praifc  aon 
£  While  fuch  delightful 
Are  kindly  dealt  to  n 
Be  all  my  hours  of  he  cafe 

Devoted,  Lord,  to  the 
7  If  cares  and  forrows  mc  furroi 

Their  power  why  (hould  I  fear  ? 
My  inward  peace  they  cannot  wound, 
If  thou,  my  Cod,  art  i 
$  Thy  fov'reign  ways  are  all  unknown 
To  my  weak,  erring  fight  ; 
Yet  let  my  foul,  adoring,  own 
That  all  thy  ways  are  right. 

Ml*.  Stfei  E. 

li>rafm  XCII.     Long  Metre.      [jg 

WELCOME,  thou  day  of  facred  reft  ! 
No  mortal  carts  (hall  fill  my  brealt \ 
O  may  my  heart  in  tune  be  found, 
Like  David's  harp  of  folcmn  found. 
2  My  heart  (hall  triumph  in  my  Lew  I, 
And  blefs  his  works,  and  blefs  his  word  : 
Thy  works  of  grac£,  how  bright  they  fhhic  } 
How  deep  thy  counfels,  hew  divine  ! 


P    S    A    L    M    S.  1^9 

3  Fools  never  raife  their  thoughts  fo  high, 
Like  brutes  they  live,  like  brutes  they  die  ! 
Like  grafs  they  flourifh,  'till  thy  breath 
Command  them  to  the  made  of  death. 

4  But  I  mail  (hare  a  glorious  part, 
When  grace  hath  purify'd  my  heart, 
And  frefh  fupplies  of  joy  are  fhed 
Like  holy  oil  to  cheer  my  head. 

5  Sin,  my  word  enemy  before, 

Shall  vex  my  eyes  and  ears  no  more  ; 
My  inward  foes  (hall  a\l  be  flain, 
Nor  Satan  break  my  peace  again. 

6  Then  {hall  I  fee,  and  hear,  and  know, 
All  I  defir'd  or  wifh'd  below  ; 

And  every  power  find  full  employ 
In  that  eternal  world  of  joy. 

Watts, 

Pfalm  XCIII.     Long  Metre.      [*ot$J 

D'.'-jlnc  Sovereignty  and  Hollr.:fs, 

*~|~^HE  Lord,  the  God  of  glory  reigns, 
i     In  robes  of  majefty  array'd  ; 

The  earth's  foundation  he  fuftains, 

And  rules  the  world  his  hand  hath  made. 
2  Ere  rolling  feas  began  to  move, 

Or  the  blue  heavens  were  ftretch'd  abroad  \ 

Thy  facred  throne  was  fix'd  above, 

From  everlafting  thou  art  God. 
2  The  floods,  O  Lord,  lift  up  their  voice 

And  tofs  their  troubled  waves  on  high  ;  . 

But  God  above  can  ftill  the  noife, 

And  make  the  angry  fea  comply. 
4  Thy  righteous  laws,  O  Lord,  are  fure, 

And  thofe  who  in  thy  pretence  dwell, 


i^o  PSA    L    M    S. 

That  happy  (Intion  to  fecure, 
Mull  ftiH  in  hplincfs  excel. 

Tate  and  Steele. 


i^falm  XCIII.     Particular  Metre.    [*,] 

Divine  Powcrt  tkt  Cbuw 

THE  Lord  Jehovah  reigns, 
And  royal  ftate  maintains  •, 

His  head  with  awful  glories  crown'd  \ 

Array'd  in  robes  of  light, 

Begirt  with  fov'reign  might, 
And  rays  of  majefty  around. 

2  Upheld  by  thy  commands, 
The  world  fecurely  (lands, 

And  lilies  and  liars  obey  thy  word  j 

Thy  throne  was  fix'd  on  high. 

Before  the  Harry  Iky  ; 
Eternal  is  thy  kingdom,  Lord. 

3  In  vain  the  noify  crowd, 
Like  billows  fierce  and  loud, 

Againft  thine  empire  rage  and  roar  \ 

in  vain  with  angry  fpite, 

The  furly  nations  light, 
And  da(h  like  waves  againft  the  (bore* 

4  Let  floods  and  nations  rage. 
And  all  their  powers  engage, 

Let  (welling  tides  affault  the  iky  ; 
The  terrors  of  thy  frown, 
Shall  beat  their  madnels  clown  ; 

Thy  throne  forever  (lands  en  high. 
£       Thy  promifes  are  true, 
Thy  grace  is  ever  new  ; 

There  fix'd,  thy  church  (hall  ne'er  remc: 


PSALMS.  i3i 

Thy  faints  with  holy  fear, 
Shall  in  thy  courts  app< 
And  Gng  thine  evcriafting  love. 


Watts, 


prailU  XCIV.     Common  Metre.     [$] 

Agiinjl  ivichzd  Ruhrs. 

HOW  long,  O  Lord,  Oiall  wicked  men 
In  fplendid  triumph  ride  ! 
How  long  Qiall  haughty  tyrants  reign. 
By  vidlence  and  pride  ! 

2  Thej  fay,  "  the  Lord  nor  fees  nor  liears  " 

the  fools  be  wife  ? 
Ci-:i  he  he  deaf,  who  fornrd  their  ears  1 
Or  blind,  w  :heir  eyes  ? 

3  He  knows  thrir  impious  tho'ts  are  vain, 

:el  his  power ; 
Hi-  wra  ills  with  pain, 

In  fome  diftteffing  h  . 

4  Powers  of  iniquity  may  rife, 

And  frame  pernicious  laws  ; 
But  G. 

Vie  will  del 

j  When  mult;tucies  of  mournful  tho'fcs 
bin  my  bofom  roil, 
Thy  grace,  which  y  faukst 

Shall  ch_  I  >ul. 

6  Bleit  :haftifer, 

And  to  his  d  :  y  dr  w  *, 
Thy  feaurges  make  t]  ::i  wife, 

law« 
^   For  God  will  not  c;  i  tYmte, 

Nor  his  own  pro:::i;e  break  i 


ijt  PSALMS. 

He  pardons  his  inheritance, 
For  his  own  mercy's  fake. 


Pfalm  XCV.   Common  Metre. 

SING  to  the  Lord  Jehovah' s  name, 
nd  in  his  ftreiigth  rejoice  -> 
When  his  falvation  is  our  them/, 
Exalted  be  our  voice. 

2  With  thanks  approach  his  awful  throne, 

And  pfalms  of  honour  hng  \ 

The  grer..  h  reigns  alone. 

The  whole  creations  King, 

3  Let  prince;  hear,  let  angels  know 

How  mean  their  natures  feem, 
Thofe  gods  on  high  and  gods  below, 
When  once  compar'd  with  him. 

4  Earth,  with  its  caverns  dark  and  deep, 

Lies  in  his  fpacious  hand  ; 
He  fix'd  the  (  :  bounds  to  keep,. 

And  wl  hills  mnft  fiand. 

5  Come,  and  with  humble  fouls  adoi 

Come  kneel  before  his  i^cc  •, 
O  may  the  creatures  of  his  power 
Be  children  of  his  grace. 

6  Now  is  the  time,  Is  his  ear, 

And  waits  for  our  rcqueft  *, 
Come,  left  h  wrath,  and  fwc 

"  Jf  :  :eft.,; 

v.\. 


P    S    A    L    M   S.  133 

Jpfalm  XCV.  Firil   Part.   L.  M.    [*] 

JPatftt  Worjcip. 

OCOME,  loud  anthems  let  us  (trig. 
Loud  thanks  to  our  Almighty  King  ; 
For  we  our  voices  high  fhould  raife, 
.  When  our  falvation's  Rock  we  praife. 

2  Into  his  prefence  let  us  haite, 

To  thank  him  for  his  favours  pad  ; 
To  him  addrefs,  in  joyful  fongs, 
The  praife  that  to  his  name  belongs. 

3  For  God,  the  Lord,  enthroned  in  ftatc, 
Is  with  unrivalFd  glory  great ; 

A  King  fuperior  far  to  all 
Whom  by  the  title  gods,  we  call. 

4  The  depths  of  earth  are  in  his  hand, 
Her  fecret  wealth  at  his  command  ; 

The  ftrength  of  hills  that  threat  the  fkies, 
Subjected  to  his  empire  lies. 

5  The  rolling  ocean's  vaft  abyfs 

By  the  fame  fov'reign  right  is  his  *, 
Tis  mov'd  by  that  Almighty  hand, 
Which  form'd  and  fix'd  the  folid  land. 

6  O  let  us  to  his  courts  repair, 
And  bow  with  adoration  there ! 
Down  on  our  knees  devoutly  all 
Before  the  Lord  our  Maker  fall. 

Tatf. 

PCttlm  XCV.  Sec.  Part.  L.  M.   [«  or  fl 

Cave  ■->  Unbelief. 

COME,  let  our  fouls  addrefs  the  Lord, 
Who  fram'd  our  natures  by  his  word  \ 
M 


jj4  P    S    A    L    M    S. 

He  is  our  Shepherd,  welhe  iheep 
His  mercy  chofe,  his  p;\ (lures  keep. 

2  Come,  let  us  hear  his  voice  to-day, 
The  eoUnfels  of  his  love  obey  ; 

Nor  let  our  harden'd  hearts  provoke, 
Like  Ifrael,  the  avenging  ftroke. 

3  Thus  faith  the  Lord,  "  How  falfe  they  prove5 
Forget  my  power,  abufe  my  love  ! 

Since  they  defpife  my  refk,  I  fwear 
Their  feet  (hall  never  enter  there." 

4  Look  back,  my  foul,  with  holy  dread. 
And  view  thofe  ancient  rebels,  dead  t 
Attend  the  ofFer'd  grace  to  day, 
Nor  lofe  the  blefiing  by  delay. 

5  Seize  the  kind  promife  while  it  waits, 
And  march  to  Z ion's  heavenly  gates  j 
Believe,  and  take  the  promised  reft  *, 
Obey,  and  be  forever  bieil. 

Wat  to, 

j3fslm  XCV.     Short  Metre.      [    ] 

B-fort  a  Sermon. 

iOME,  found  his  praife  abroad. 
And  hymns  of  glory  fing  ; 
Jehovah  is  the  fov'reign  God, 
The  univerfal  King. 

2  He  form'd  the  deeps  unknown. 
He  gave  the  feas  their  bound  *, 

The  wat'ry  worlds  are  all  his  own. 
And  all  the  folid  ground. 

3  Come,  wormip  at  his  throne, 
Come,  bow  before  the  Lord  •, 

We  are  bi  and  not  our  own, 


.     P    S    A    L    M    S.  135 

4  To  day  attend  his  voice, 
Nor  dare  provoke  his  red  ; 

Come*  like  the  people  of  his  choice, 
And  own  your  gracious  God. 

5  But  if  your  ears  refufe 
The  language  of  his  grace, 

And  hearts  grow  hard,  like  (lubborn  JewSj 
That  unbelieving  race, 

6  The  Lord,  in  anger  dreft, 
Will  lift  his  hand  and  fwenr, 

"  You,  who  defpis'd  my  promis'd  reft, 
Shall  have  no  portion  here/' 

Watts. 

jpfalm  XCVI.     Six  Line  L.  M.  HQ 

Un'vverfal  Praife. 

LET  all  the  earth  their  voices  raife, 
To  fing  a  lofty  pfalm  of  praife, 
And  blefs  the  great  Jehovah's  name  5 
His  glory  let  the  heathen  know, 
His  wonders  to  the  nations  (how, 
And  all  his  works  of  grace  proclaim. 

2  Great  is  the  Lord,  his  praife  be  great, 
Who  fits  on  high,  enthion'd  in  {(ate  \ 

To  him  alone  let  praife  be  given  : 
Thofe  gods  the  heathen  world  adore, 
In  vain  pretend  to  fov'reign  power, 

He  only  rules  who  made  the  heaven, 

3  He  fram'd  the  globe,  he  fpread  the  ftV, 
And  all  the  fhining  worlds  on  high  ; 

He  reigns  complete  in  glory  there  : 
His  beams  are  majefty  and  light, 
Jiis  glories  how  divinely  bright ! 

His  temple  how  divinely  fair  ! 


136  PSA    L    M    S. 

4  Let  heaven  be  glad,  let  earth  rejoice, 
Let  ocean  lift  its  roaring  voice, 

Proclaiming  loud,  "  Jehovah  reigns  •" 
For  joy  let  fertile  vallies  iing, 
And  tuneful  groves  their  tribute  bring 

To  him,  whofe  power  the  world  fultains. 

5  Come,  the  great  day,  the  glorious  hour, 
When  earth  fhall  own  his  fov'reign  power, 

And  barb'rous  nations  fear  his  name  y 
Then  fhall  the  univerfe  confefs 
The  beauty  of  his  holinefs, 

And  in  his  courts  his  grace  proclaim. 

Tate  and  Watts,  united  and  varied. 


IgHalm  XCVII.     Long  Metre.       [#] 

Grace  and  Glory. 

TH*  Almighty  reigns  exalted  high, 
O'er  all  the  earth,  o'er  all  the  iky  > 
Let  the  whole  earth  in  fongs  rejoice, 
And  holts  celeftial  join  their  voice. 

2  Deep  are  his  counfels  and  unknown, 
But  grace  and  truth  fupport  his  throne  ; 
Though  gloomy  clouds  his  feet  furround, 
Juftice  is  their  eternal  ground. 

3  Ye,  who  confefs  Ins  holy  name, 
Hate  every  work  of  fin  and  fhame  ; 
He  guards  the  fouls  of  all  his  friends, 
And  from  the  (hares  of  hell  defends. 

4  Immortal  light,  and  joys  unknown 
Are  for  the  faints  in  darknefs  fown ; 
Thofe  glorious  feeds  mall  fpring  and  rife, 
And  the  bright  harveft  blcfs  our  eyes, 


PSALM    S.  137 

5   Rejoice,  ye  righteous,  and  record 
i  Hbnours  of  the  Lord  •, 
None  hut  the  fouls  who  tafte  his  grace 
Can  triumph  in  his  holinefs. 

WaITS. 

jPfaimXCVIH.     Cemmon  Metre.      [   ] 

Bkfitgs  of  the  Mejia^s  Kingdom* 
rT",0  our  Almighty  Maker,  God, 
JL      New  honours  be  addrefs'd  \ 
His  great  falvation  fhines  abroad, 
1  makes  the  nacions  blefs'd. 
ike  the  word  to  Ahr'ham  firft, 
His  truth  fulfils  his  grace  ; 

Gentiles  make  his  name  their  truft^ 
And  learn  his  righreoufnefs. 

3  Joy  to  the  world  !   the  Lord  is  come  \ 

Let  earth  receive  her  king  ; 
Let  ev'ry  heart  prepare  him  room, 
And  heaven  and  nature  fing. 

4  Joy  to  the  world  !   her  Saviour  reigns  ; 

Let  men  their  fongs  employ  \ 
While  lands  and  feas,  rocks,  hills  and  plains 
Repeat  the  founding  joy. 

5  No  more  let  fin  and  forrow  grow, 

Nor  violence  abound  \ 
He  comes  to  make  his  blefiings  flow, 
Wherever  man  is  found. 

6  He  rules  the  world  with  righteoufnefs, 

And  makes  the  nations  prove 
The  blefiings  of  his  truth  and  grace, 
Th£  wonders  of  his  love. 

Wat  7$ 


j33  P    S    A    L    M    S. 

Pfalm  XCIX.     Short  Metre. 

A  holy  UcJ  icorjlippid  with  Rn-crence. 

THE  God,  Jehovah,  reigns, 
Let  all  the  nations  fear  ; 
Let  finners  tremble  at  his  throne,  ; 
And  faints  be  humble  there. 

2  Exalt  the  Lord  our  God  ! 
And  worihip  at  his  feet  •, 

His  nature  is  all  holinefs, 
And  merey  is  his  feat. 

3  When  Ifrael  was  his  church, 
When  Aaron  was  his  pried, 

When  Mofes  cry'd,  and  Samuel  pray'd, 
He  gave  his  people  reft. 

4  Oft  he  forgave  their  fins, 
Nor  would  deftroy  their  race  ; 

And  oft  he  made  his  vengeance  known, 
When  they  abus'd  his  grace. 

5  Exalt  the  Lord  our  God, 
Whole  grace  is  (till  the  fame  ; 

Still  he's  a  God  of  holinefs, 
And  jealous  for  his  name. 

Watt? 

IpMm   C.      Long  Metre.       [*] 

Pralfc  to  our  Creator. 

BEFORE  Jehovah's  awful  throne, 
Ye  nations  bow  with  facred  joy  ; 
Know  that  the  Lord  is  God  alone, 
He  can  create,  and  he  deftroy. 
2  His  fovereign  power,  without  our  aid, 
Made  us  of  clay,  and  form'd  us  men ; 


PSALMS.  139 

And  when  like  wand'ring  fheep  we  flray'd, 
He  brought  us  to  his  fold  again. 

3  We  2re  his  people,  we  his  care, 
Our  fouls  and  all  our  mortal  frame  ; 
What  lading  honours  (hall  we  rear, 
Almighty  Maker,  to  thy  name  ! 

4  We'll  crowd  thy  gates  with  thankful  fcngs, 
High  as  the  heaven  our  voices  r  life  ; 

And  earth,  with  her  ten  thoufand  tongues, 
Shall  fill  thy  courts  with  founding  praiie. 

5  Thou  Lord  art  good,  thou  Lord  art  kind ; 
Great  is  I  -,  thy  mercy  iurc  ; 
And  Ac  wh<  le  race  of  men  fhaii  find 
Thy  truth  from  age  to  age  endure. 

6  Wide  as  the  world  is  thy  command  ; 
Vaft  as  eternity  thy  love  : 

Firm  as  a  rock,  thy  truth  (hall  fraud, 
When  rolling  years  (hall  ceafe  to  move. 

Pfallll  CI.     Common  Metre.     [*  or j>] 

A  Pfalm  for  to:  Mafer  of  a  fexxHy* 

OF  juftice  and  of  grr.ee  I  ilng, 
And  pay  to  God  my  vows  ; 
Thy  grace  and  juftice,  heavenly  King, 
Teach  me  to  rule  my  houfe. 

2  Now  to  my  tent,  O  God,  repair, 

And  make  thy  fervant  wife  •, 

I'll  fufTer  nothing  near  me  there, 

That  fhall  offend  thine  eyes. 

3  The  man  who  doth  his  neighbour  wrong, 

By  falfehood  or  by  force  ; 
The  fcornful  eye,  the  fland'rous  tongue, 
Til  drive  them  from  my  doors. 


|40  P    S    A    L    M    S. 

4  'J  \  s  pure,  tttt  ,  and  the  juft, 

My  favour  {): 
Tl  I  will  tfuft, 

The  iu  i  - 1  i    i'ii 

5  The  wrcuh  I 

III  '..re  a  night  j 

The  liar's  tongue  1  ever  hale, 
And  bani 

6  ITi  purge  r\ -,  abound, 

.  make  the  wricked  flee  ; 
So  (hall  my  heme  be  ever  icur.d 
A  dwelling  fu  for  :hce. 

v 


JPfaim  CIL     Firft  Part.     C.  AT.     L*J 

TV:-  red, 

T"    ET  Zion  and  her  fons  rejoice  j 
1  j    Behold  the  promis'd  hour  ! 
Her  God  hath  heard  her  mourning  voice, 
And  will  exalt  his  power. 

2  Her  duft  and  ruins  that  remain, 

Are  precious  in  oui  (  £e$  ; 
fe  ruins  ihaii  he  built  at 
I  -11  that  duft  ihall  rife. 

3  The  Lord  will  raife  Jerusalem, 

And  (land  in  glory  then-  ; 
Natidns  fhall  bow  and  own  his  name, 
And  worfhip  in  his  fear. 

4  He  fits  a  fovereign  on  his  throne, 

h  pity  in  his  ey  s  ; 

He  hears  the  dying  prisoners  groar.j 
And  ices  their  Wants  arife. 


PSALMS.  141 

He  frees  the  fouls  condemn'd  to  death, 

And  when  his  faints  complain, 
It  can't  be  {aid  they  fpent  their  breath, 

Or  (hed  their  tears  in  vain. 
This  fhall  be  known  when  we  are  dead, 

And  left  on  long  record, 
That  ages  yet  unborn,  may  read, 

And  learn  to  truft  the  Lord.  Watts. 


Pfalm  CII.  Second  Part.    C.  M.    [#] 

Yhe  unchangeahhnefs  cf  C:d. 

THOU,  Lord,  haft  earth's  foundations  laid, 
The  heavens,  a  glorious  frame, 
By  thine  Almighty  hand  were  fpread, 
And  fpeak  their  Maker's  name. 

2  Their  mining  glories  all  {hail  fade, 

By  thy  controlling  power, 
Changed  like  a  vefture  when  decayed  ; 
But  thou  fhalt  {till  endure. 

3  Thy  bright  perfections,  all  divine, 

Eternal  as  thy  days  ; 
Through  everlafting  ages  fhine, 
With  undimimfh'd  rays. 

4  Thy  fervant's  children,  ftill  thy  care, 

Shall  own  their  father's  God ; 
To  late  ft  times  thy  favour  {hare. 
And  fpread  thy  praife  abroad. 

Mrs.  Steele. 

Pfaim  CII.    Verfe  24—27.  L.  M.  [&] 
Compared  with  Hebrews,  i.  8 — 12.  xiii.  8. 

if  Man,  and  the  Eternity  ofChriB. 

IT  is  the  Lord,  our  Maker's  hand 
Weakens  our  ftrength  amidft  the  race  ; 


Hi  P    S    A    L    M    S. 

Difeafe  and  death,  at  his  command, 
Arreft  us,  and  cut  ihort  our  days. 

Z  Sparc  us,  O  Lc  J,  aloud  we  pi 
Nor  let  our  furJ  go  down  at  no< 

Thy  years  axe  One  eternal  day  \ 
And  mint  thy  people  die  fo  loon  ? 

5  Yet  in  the  midfl  of  death  and  grief, 

I  his  the't  our  forrow  fhall  affuage  -, 
Our  Father  ana  our  Saviour  live, 
Chrift  is  the  faint  'l.ro'  ev'ry  age. 

4  Twas  he  this  earth's  foundation  laid, 
Ileav'n  is  the  building  cf  his  hand  •, 
This  earth  grows  old,  thefe  heavens  fhall  fadOj 
And  all  be  chang'd  at  his  command. 

£  The  ftarry  curtains  of  the  Iky 
Like  garments  Hi  11  be  laid  atide  \ 
But  fhll  thy  throne  Hands  firm  and  high, 

Thy  church  forever  mufl  abide. 

6  Bef«  re  thy  face,  thy  church  (hall  live, 
And  on  thy  throne  thy  children  reign  \ 
This  dying  world  fhali  they  furvive, 
And  the  dead  faints  be  rais'd  again. 

Watt*. 

Ptalm  CIII.  Firft  Pan.  L.  M.   [^ 

Praifc  to  Godf?r  vis  Cocdnefy, 

^  LESS,  O  my  foul,  the  living  God, 
3   Gall  home  thy  tho'ts  that  rove  abroad  : 
Let  all  the  powers  within  me  join, 
In  work  and  worfhip  fo  divine. 
?  Blefs,  O  my  foul,  the  God  of  grace, 
His  favour  cbim  thy  higheit  praife  \ 


PSALMS.  i 

Let  not  the  wonders  he  hath  wro't, 
Be  loft  in  filence  and  forgot. 

3  The  vices  of  the  mind  he  heals, 

ad  cures  tfi  that  nature  feels  ; 

Redeems  the  foul  from  guilt,  and  faves 
Our  wafting  life  from  threat'ning  gra 

4  Our  youth  decayM,  his  po¥  iifSj 
His  mercy  crowns  cur  growing  years  ; 
He  fatisfies  our  mouth  with  good, 
And  fills  our  fouls  with  h  ^od; 

5  He  fees  the  cppriimr  and  the  oppref!:, 
And  often  gives  the  fufleTers  fell  j 
But  will  his  Juftice  mot 

In  the  lad,  great  dec  hive  d 

6  His  power  he  fliow'd  by  1  :.ds7 
And  gave  to  tjr'ael hi$  cominands  ; 
But  made  his  truth  and  mercy  known 
To  all  the  nations  by  his  Son. 

Watt, 

jpfalm  CIII.    Second  Part.    S.  M.   [#] 

MY  foul,  repeat  his  pxaife, 
Whole  mercies  are  fo  great  ; 
Whole  anger  is  io  flow  to  tifc, 
So  ready  to  abate. 

2  God  will  not  always  chide, 
And  when  his  wrath  is  fd 

His  ftrokes  art  fewer  than  cur  crimes. 
And  lighter  than  our  guilt. 

3  High  as  the  h.  is'd 
Above  the  gi                  tread  ; 

So  far  the  i . : 
Our  higher.  m.:v. 


144  8    A    L    M    S. 

4  His  grace  fubdues  oui  £n$: 
And  love 

Far  as  the  eaft  is  from  the  v 
Doth  all  our  guilt  remove. 

5  The  pity  cf  the  Lord 

To  thofe  who  fear  bis  name, 

Is  fuch  as  tender  parents  feci  > 
He  knows  our  feeble  frame. 

6  Our  days  are  as  the  grafs , 

Or  like  the  morning  flower ; 
When  blading  winds  fpread  o'er  the  field, 
It  withers  in  an  hour. 

7  But  thy  compp.ihon,  Lord, 
Through  ages  (hall  endure  ; 

And  children's  children  ever  find 
Thy  words  of  promife  fure. 

Watts. 

jpraim  CHI.     Third  Part.    C.  M.  [b] 

God's  tender  Regard  to  human  IV tc' 

LORD,  we  thy  won'drous  power  proclaim, 
And  make  that  power  our  truft  •, 
Which  rais'd  at  firft  this  curious  frame, 
From  mean  and  lifelefs  duft. 

2  By  dull  fupported  ftill  it  ilands, 

Prcpar'd  in  various  forms  ; 
And  wrought  by  thy  creating  hands. 
To  nourifh  mom. 

3  A  while  thefe  frail  machines  endure  -, 

The  fabric  of  a  day  ! 
Then  lefe  their  animating  power  \ 
And  moulder  back  to  clay. 

4  Yet  frail  and  feeble  as  we  are, 

This  thought  is  our  repofe, 


F    S    A    L    M    S#  14; 

"that  he  who  firft  our  frame  did  rear, 
Irs  various  weaknefs  knows. 

5  He  views  us  with  a  pitying  eye, 

"While  flruggling  with  cur  load  j 
In  pains  and  dangers  he  is  nigh, 
Our  Father  and  our  God. 

6  Gently  fupported  by  his  love. 

We  tend  to  realms  of  peace  ; 
Where  ev'ry  pain  (hail  far  remove* 
And  ev'ry  frailty  ceafe. 

Doddridge, 


Pfalm  CIIL    Fourth  Part.  C.  M.    [*] 

A-^elic  Pra;fe. 

THOU,  Lord,  in  hea  v'n  haft  plac'd  thy  throne, 
Thy  kingdom  wide  extends  ; 
Thy  vaft  dominion  fhali  be  known 
To  earth's  remote  ft  ends. 

2  Ye  angels,  who  excel  in  might, 

And  wait  to  do  his  will, 
Blefs  him,  whofe  work  is  your  delight, 
Whofe  pleafure  ye  fulfil. 

3  Ye  feraphs,  who  with  joy  obey 

The  orders  of  your  King, 
Attend  Ks  churches  when  they  pxay, 
And  join  the  praife  they  fing. 

4  Whilft  all  his  works  his  praife  proclaim^ 

O  let  my  heart  and  tongue 
Join  with  the  univerfal  frame, 
la  this  eternal  fong. 

Partly  from  Watt* 
N 


-  \6  «P    8    A    t   M    S. 

)'p\Vdm  CIV.     Fine  Part.     L.  M, 

Divine  Maj  ultefs  in  Si:r>n  and  Rj>". 

AWAKE,  my  foul,  to  hymns  of  praife, 
To  God  the  fong  of  triumph  raife  \ 
Adorn'd  with  majefty  divine, 
What  pomp,  what  glory,  Lord,  are  thin 

2  Light  forms  his  robe,  and  round  his  he 
The  heavens  their  ample  curtain  fpread ; 
See  on  the  wind's  expanded  wings 

The  chariot  of  the  King  of  kings  ! 

3  Around  him  ranged  in  awful  Hate, 
Dark  filent  (torms  attendant  wait  y 
And  thunders  ready  to  fulfil 

The  mandates  of  his  fovereign  will. 

4  From  earth's  low  margin  to  the  fkies 
He  bids  the  duiky  vapours  rife  ; 
Then  from  his  magazines  on  high, 
Commands  th'  imprifon'd  winds  to  flj  , 

r  The  lightning's  pallid  ihect  expan 

And  flipwers  defcend  on  furrow'd  lands  ; 
Whilft  clown  the  mountain's  channel'd  Qd 
The  torrent  rolls  in  (welling  pride. 

6  Till  fpent  its  wild  impetuous  force. 
And  fettled  in  its  deftin'c}  eourfe, 
It  waters  all  the  fruitful  plains, 
And  life  in  various  forms  fuftains. 

7  Thus  clouds,  and  ftcrms,  and  fires  obey 
Thy  wife  and  all-controlling  fway  ; 
And  whilil  thy  terrors  round  us  ila; 
We  fee  a  Father's  bounteous  hand. 

IvIik-rjcK,  with  Altei 


P    S    A   L    M   S.  147 

Pfalm  CIV.    Second  Part.    L.M.    [;. 

TV,   Seaman s  Prayer. 

ALMIGHTY  Ruler  of  the  fides, 
How  various  are  thy  works  !  how  wife  ! 
Thy  power  throughout  all  fpace  extends, 
Sinks  through  all  depth,  all  height  tranfeends  i 

2  Not  earth  alone  beholds  her  mores 
Enrich'd  by  thy  exhauftlefs  (lores ; 
Alike,  throughout  their  liquid  reign, 
The  ipreading  feas  thy  gifts  contain. 

3  Beneath,  unnumber'd  fifties  fwarm, 
Of  difFrent  fize,  of  vrorious  form  \ 
Above,  the  fhips  incumbent  ride, 
Borne  on  the  bofom  of  the  tide. 

4  Here,  huge  Leviathan  is  {ten 

To  fport  the  mighty  waves  between  ; 
There,  icy  mountains  float  and  roll, 
Driv'n  from  the  feas  beneath  the  pbjfc, 

5  On  high,  the  concave  we  behold 
In  living  blue,  or  fparkling  gold  *, 
Whilft  waving  azure  fields  around 
Spread  to  th'  horizon's  utmoft  bound. 

6  The  winds  and  waves  obey  thy  wij]  j 
The  needle  owns  thy  power  and  {kill  j 
And,  fteerM  by  thy  directing  hand, 
Our  bark  fhall  gain  the  wifhM  for  land. 

MrRRKK,  with  Alteration  and  Addttioii 

Pfalm  CIV.  Third  Part.  L.  M.  C*orl»] 


V 


AS T  are  thy  works,  Almighty  l*crd;. 
All  nature  jrefts  upon  thy  word  ? 


i43  PSALMS. 

An  J  the  whole  race  of  creatures  ftand$, 
Waiting  their  portion  from  thy  hands. 

2  If  thou  the  vital  air  deny, 

Behold  them  ficken,  faint  and  die  j 

Duft  to  its  kindred  dud  returns, 

And  earth  her  ruin'd  offspring  mournst 

g  But  thou  can  ft  breathe  on  duft  again, 
And  fill  the  world  with  beads  and  men  | 
A  word  of  thy  creating  breath 
Repairs  the  wafte  cf  time  and  death. 

4  Thy  glory,  fearlefs  of  decline, 
Thy  glory,  Lord,  (ball  ever  {liine  ; 
Thy  works,  the  honour  of  thy  might. 
Are  hcaiour'd  with  thy  own  delight. 

jj  Earth  at  thy  look  fhall  trembling  ftand, 
Coufcious  of  fovercign  power  at  hand  $ 
And,  touch'd  by  thy  vindictive  ftroke, 
The  everlaiting  mountains  fmoke. 

(i  In  thee  our  hopes  and  wifhes  meet, 
And  make  our  contemplations  fweet ; 
Thy  praifes  fhall  out  breath  employ, 
Till  Vv  e  iliall  rife  to  erjdlefs  joy. 

Watts  and  AftRRic*, 


JPfalm  CIV.    Fourth  Part.   L,  M.    [#] 

T/js  Voice  cf  the  CreiHirts  prozld'urirg  G.  J. 

THERE  is  a  God,  ail  nature  fpeaks, 
Thro1  earth,  and  air,  and  feas,  and  fkies  j 
See,  from  the  clouds  his  glory  breaks, 
When  the  firft  beams  of  morning  rife  ! 
2  Rehold  the  fun  ferenely  bright, 

O'er  the  wide  world's  extended  frame, 
Jnfcribcs,  in  characters  of  light, 
Hie  mighty  Makers  gtorjous  mme, 


PSALM    Sj 

3  Difnifing  life,  his  influence  fprc 
And  health  and  plenty  fmile  around  ; 

The  fruitful  fields  and  verdant  meads 
Are  with  a  thoufand  blefiings  crowri'd* 

4  Almighty  goodnt  fs,  power  divine, 
The  fields  and  verdant  meads  difplay, 
And  blefs  the  hand  which  made  them  fhi 
With  various  charms,  profufely  gay. 

5  For  man  and  bead,  here,  daily  food 
In  wide  extennve  plenty  grows  ; 
And  there,  for  drink,  the  cryfcal  flood 
In  dreams,  fweet  winding,  gently  flows. 

6  By  cooling  dreams  and  forVning  fliov/ers, 
The  vegetable  race  are  fed  ; 

And  trees,  and  plants,  and  herbs,  and  flowers. 
Their  Maker's  conftant  bounty  fprc  ad. 
J  Ye  curious  minds,  who  roam  abroad, 
And  trace  creation's  wonders  e'er, 
Confefs  the  footfteps  of  our  God  ; 
Come,  bow  before  him,  and  adc 

? — ■ 9 ■ — ~ 

J^falm  CIV.     Particular 

PART        I. 

BLESS  God,  O  my  fc 
Rejoice  in  his  name, 
And  let  my  glad  v 

Thy  greatnefs  proclai. 
Surpailing  in  honour, 

Dominion  and  might ; 
Xhy  throne  is  the  heaven. 
Thv  robe  is  the  light* 


ij®  P    ij    A    L    M    % 

a  The  fly  vr  bd 

A  curtain  difplayM, 
The  chambers  of  heaven 

Chi  waters  are  laid. 
The  clouds  a»e  a  chariot 

v  to  bear, 
On  winds  then  art  wa- 
Xhou  rideft  0:1  air. 
©  As  rapid  as  fire, 

\;rels  on  high 
Convey  thy  command:., 
Thy  minifters  fly.    - 
The  earth,  on  its  bads 

Eternal  iultain'd, 
Is  fix'd  in  the  ftai 
Thy  wifdom  crdaiu'd, 

4  The  world,  when  at  firft 

Of  chaos  compos'd, 
Was  void,  without  form, 

In  waters  enclos'd  ; 
Thy  voice,  how  majeftic, 

In  thunder  was  heard  j 
The  waters  fubfided, 

The  mountains  appeared, 

PART      II. 

5  Thy  providence  *"\\\l 

The  (beam  and  its  fourcc  5 
The  fea  I  bounds, 

The  rivers  their  couriV. 
Convey'd  through  dark  dunnels, 

Springs  life  on  tire  hills, 
They  bin  it  in  the  fountains, 

They  fall  in  the  rills. 


PSALM    SR 

£  The  beads  of  the  wild 

Their  foreft  forfake  ; 
The  herd  quits  the  field, 

To  drink  of  the  lake  : 
On  trees  crown'd  with  blcfioms^ 

Its  margm  along, 
Birds,  warbling  fvveet  mufic, 

Praife  GOD  in  their  long. 

7  Defcending  on  lulls, 

Clouds  plenteouinefs  pour  ; 
All  nature  revives, 

Earth  fmiles  in  the  {bower  ; 
A  garment  of  verdure 

Apparels  the  plain  •, 
Fruits  fweil  in  the  garden, 

Fields  wave  with  their  grain. 

§  With  moifture  refrdh'd, 

The  vine  yields  its  fruit, 
5Tis  balm  to  our  hearts, 

To  health  a  recruit. 
With  pleafure  we  gather 

The  richnefs  of  oil ; 
'Tis  ftrength  to  our  body, 

Support  to  our  toil. 

PART      III. 

5  The  trees  full  of  fap, 

With  joy  rear  their  head^ 
The  cedars  their  boughs 

O'er  Lebanon  fpread. 
Secure  in  the  covert 

The  bird  flies  for  reft, 
J5he  Engs  on  the  branches, 

She  broods  on  the  pitft 


'5* 

|Q  The  pine  yields  a  home 

The  itork  to  fecure  ; 
The  goat  on  the  crag 

Defies  the  purfuer. 
Even  creatures  toa  feeble 

Themfelves  to  defend, 
On  caves  and  concealment 

For  fafcty  depend. 

11  The  moon,  by  thy  law, 

Increafes  and  wanes  : 
The  fun  keeps  the  courfc 

Thy  wifdom  ordains. 
By  night  the  fierce  lion 

Roams  wide  for  his  prey, 
But  flies  to  his  cavern 

When  morn  brings  the  d 

1 2  Then  man  with  the  fun 

His  labour  renews, 
Till  ev'ning  arrives, 

That  labour  purfues. 
Such,  Lord,  is  the  wifdom 

Thy  works  all  proclaim  •, 
Let  earth,  crown'd  with  richeSj 

Rejoice  in  thy  name  ! 

part     IV, 
^3  Nor  here  only,  Lord, 

Thy  might  we  adore, 
The  fea  owns  thy  hand, 

Thy  wifdom  and  power  ; 
Their  tribes  without  number, 

Thy  creatures,  refort  •, 
Leviathans  gambol, 

And  whales  take  their  fport. 


PSALMS.  fj 

£4  Their  (hips  fpread  their  fails. 
The  furface  to  fweep  ; 
Their  fi(h  nimbly  glide, 
Conceal'd  in  the  deep  : 
They  all  know  their  feafon, 

As  feafons  arife  ; 
And  tribes,  which  thy  bounty 
Has  made,  it  fupplies. 

1 5  Thy  will  and  thy  word 

Endue  them  with  breath, 
Confum'd  by  thy  blaft, 

They  fhrink  into  death  $ 
Reftor'd  at  thy  pleaiure, 

New  beings  appear, 
To  people  the  waters, 

The  earth  and  the  air. 

1 6  Rejoice  then,  O  Lord, 

In  glory  fecure  •, 
The  works  thou  haft  made 

Through  a^es  endure  : 
Yet,  aw'd  by  thy  pretence, 

When  thou  draweit  near, 
Smoke  burfts  from  the  mountain^ 

Earth  trembles  with  fear. 

j  j  Thus,  Lord,  let  me  fing, 
Thy  glory  to  raife  ; 
Delightful  the  ftrain, 

When  tun'd  to  thy  prajfe. 
The  vile  have  their  fuffrings, 

The  juft  their  reward  : 
Blefs  God,  O  my  fpirit  ! 
0  praife  ye  the  Lord  ! 

Vincf.:;: 


154  PSALMS. 

JPfalm  CV.       Common  Metre. 

.     ..-..    f     -rife  to  Aire':. 

GIVE  thanks  to  God,  invoice  his  name. 
And  tell  the  world -his  grace  \ 
Sound  through  the  earth  his  dct  me. 

That  all  may  feck  his  face. 

2  To  Abrah'm  and  his  feed  he  fwore, 

To  give  Canaan's  land  ; 
Though  ftrangcrs,  deititute  of  power, 
A  little  feeble  band. 

3  Like  pilgrims  through  the  countries  round, 

Securely,  they  remov'd  ; 
And  haughty  kings  who  on  them  fro 
Severely  he  reprov'd. 

4  The  Lord  himfelf  chofe  out  their  w 

And  mark'd  their  journies  right  ; 
Gave  them  his  leading  cloud  by  day, 
A  fiery  guide  by  night. 
c;  They  third,  and  waters  from  the  I 
In  rich  abundance  flow  ; 
And,  foll'wing  (till  the  coiu 
Ran  all  the  defart  through. 

6  O  wond'rous  ftream  !  O  bleffed  type  ! 

Of  everflowing  grace  ! 
So  Chrift  our  Rock  maintains  our  I 
While  we  his  footfteps  tr:. 

7  Thus  guarded  by  th'  Aln  P  J 

The  chofen  tribes  poflc 

The  bleflings  of  the  prdmisM  land, 

And  there  enjoy'd  their  reft. 

g  Then  let  the  world  forbear  its  rage. 

Nor  put  the  church  in  fear  -9 


PSALMS.  i- 


o  J 


ugh  evTy  agCj 
ire. 


Watt*. 


J3faim  CVL    FtrftPart    L.  M .    [#] 

O    RENDER  than**  to  God  above, 
Th€  -1  love  ; 

aft, 

vex  tart. 

No: 

WJ  ice  can  raife 

lortal  praiie  ? 

3    H  :V, 

\V  h 

Wl  ght,  nor  only  fo, 

.:  they  ■ 

hxt  favour,  Lord, 
:d  ; 
-     (k  2 

.-  mercy  c:d 

6  O  dc 

voice  ; 

c^r  to  th 


jr6  PSALMS, 

Let  all  his  faints,  with  full  accord, 
Exalt  their  voice  to  praife  th-c  Lord. 

Tate  and  Watts,  united. 


PfalmCVI.  Sec.  Part.  S.  M.    [$ory 

Jfrael  pun'ijled  and  pardoned  :    Cry  toe  Love  of  God  un;hargcailt> 

GOD  of  eternal  love  ! 
How  fickle  are  our  ways  ! 
And  yet  how  oft  did  Ifrael  prove 
The  riches  of  thy  grace  ! 

2  They  faw  his  wonders  wrought* 
And  then  his  praife  they  fung  ; 

But  foon  his  works  of  power  forgot, 
And  murmur'd  with  their  tongue, 

3  Now  they  believe  his  word, 
While  rocks  with  water  flow  ; 

Now  with  their  lulls  provoke  the  Lord* 
And  dare  the  ^vengeful  blow. 

4  Yet,  when  they  mourn'd  their  faults* 
He  hearken'd  to  their  groans  *, 

Brought  his  own  cov'nant  to  his   thoughts, 
And  caird  them  (till  his  fans. 

5  Their  names  were  in  his  book  ; 
He  fav'd  them  from  their  foes  -, 

Oft  he  chaftis'd,  but  ne'er  forfook 
The  people  whom  he  chefe. 

6  Let  Ifrael  blcfs  the  Lord, 
Who  lov'd  their  ancient  rate  ; 

And  Chriftrans  join  the  folemn  word 
At::en7  to  all  ;he  praife 

Wat** 


PSALMS. 


*:>. 


jpfalm  Cvli.    Firft  Part.     L.  M.    [« 


G 


Ijrasl  Ud  through  the  IViiderncfs  to  the  Land  cf  Promife* 

IVE  thanks  to  God  ;  he  reigns  above ; 
Kind  are  his  thoughts,  his  name  is  Love  5 
His  mercy  ages  pad  have  known, 
And  ages  long  to  come  fhall  own. 
1  Let  the  redeemed  of  the  Lord 
The  wonders  of  his  grace  record  j 
Ifrael,  the  nation  whom  lve  chofe, 
And  refold  from  their  mighty  foes. 

3  In  their  diftrefs,  to  God  they  cry'd, 
God  was  their  Saviour  and  their  Guide  ; 
Ke  led  their  march  far  wand'ring  round  ;■ 
'Twas  the  right  path  to  Canaan's  ground, 

4  So  when  our  nrfl  releafe  we  gain, 
From  fin's  hard  yoke  and  Satan's  chain, 
We  have  this  defart  world  to  trace, 

A  tircfome  and  a  dang'i'ous  place. 

5  God  feeds  and  clothes  us  all  the  way, 
He  guides  cur  footfteps,  left  we  ftray  5 
He  guards  us  with  a  powerful  hand, 
And  brings  us  to  the  heavenly  land. 

6  Then  let  us  ail  with  joy  record 

The  truth  and  gooclnefs  of  the  Lord ; 
How  great  his  works,  how  kind  his  Wai 
Let  every  tongue  pronounce  his  praife  i 

Watts. 

£>fa!m  CVIL    Second  Fart.   L.  M.  [)] 

CorreSionfor  Sin,  rfm/ relief  to  Prrfinerr* 

FROM  age  to  age  exalt  his  name, 
God  and  his  grace  are  (till  the  fame  ; 
O 


i$8  P    S    A    L    M    S. 

He  fills  the  hungry  fouls  with  food, 
And  feeds  them  with  fubftantial  good* 

2  But  if  their  hearts  rebel  and  rife 
Againft  the  God  who  rules  the  ftics ; 
If  they  reject  his  heavenly  word, 
And  flight  the  counfeis  of  the  Lord, 

3  He'll  bring  their  fpirits  to  the  ground, 
And  no  deiiv'rance  (hall  be  found  ; 
Laden  with  grief,  they  wafte  their  breath 
In  darknefs  and  the  (hades  of  death. 

4  Then  to  the  Lotc\  they  raife  their  cries  } 
He  makes  the  dawning  light  arife, 
And  fcatters  all  that  difrnal  (hade, 
Which  hung  fo  heavy  o'er  their  head. 

5  He  cuts  the  iron  bars  in  two, 

And  lets  the  joyful  pris'ne  jh  \ 

Takes  off  the  load  of  pain  and  grief, 
And  crives  the  lab'ring  foul  relief. 

6  O  may  the  fons  of  men  record 

The  wond'rous  goodneis  of  the  Lord  ; 
How  great  his  works !  How  kind  his  ways  ! 
Let  every  tongue  pronounce  l\is  praife  ! 

Watts. 


Pralm  CVII.     Third  Part.  CM.  [(,; 

BENEATH  God's  terrors  dooroM  to  groan- 
Behold  th'  interap'rate  band 

The  fruits  of  folly  reap,  and  own 
The  juftice  of  his  hand. 
2  From  food  e 

:  v     °  > 


SAL    M    Zf  159 

Life  feels  its  current  faintly  roll, 
And  haftens  to  its  ck 

3  Diftrefs'd,  to  God  they  make  their  prayV, 

And  nature,  joyous,  fees 
His  word  her  ruin'd  ftrength  repair, 
Her  iierceft  tortures  eafe. 

4  O  then  that  all  would  blefs  his  name, 

Who  thus  his  mercy  prove  •, 
And  ftill  from  age  to  age  proclaim 
The  wonders  of  his  love. 

5  That  men  of  various  tongues  would  fmg, 

His  a£ts  in  frequent  lays  ; 
And  yield  to  heaven's  eternal  King 
The  facrifice  of  praife. 

Merrick. 

PfaimCVir.    Fourth  Part.    L.  M.  ft] 

Dangers  and  Djli-j^rarce  by  Seg, 

THEY  who  in  fhips,  with  courage  bold, 
O'er  (welling  waves  their  trade  purfue. 
The  Lord's  amazing  works  behold, 
And  ki  the  deep  his  wonders  view, 

2  Soon  as  his  dread  command  is  paft, 
The  lowering  ftorm  begins  to  rife ; 
It  fweeps  the  fea  with  rapid  hade, 
And  makes  the  fweliing  billows  rife. 

3  The  lab'ring  (hips  borne  up  to  heav'n, 
Upon  the  lofty  waves  appear  y 

Then  down  the  deep  aByfs  are  driv'n, 
Whilft  ev'ry  foul  diflblves  with  fear. 

4  Ihey  reel  and  dagger  to  and  fro, 

Like  men  with  fumes  of  wine  opprefiM  ; 
Nor  do^s  the  fkilful  teaman  know 
Which  way  to  iteer,  what  courfe  is  beft. 


i6o  PSALM    S. 

5  Then,  to  the  Lord's  indulgent  ear, 
Their  fupplication  they  addrefs  •, 
tie  kindly  condescends  to  hear, 
And  frees  them  from  their  deep  diftrefs, 

5  He  bids  the  fiorm  it's  fury  ceafe, 
And  lays  the  billows  calm  and  itil!  •, 
Then  fummon's  forth  the  gentle  breeze, 
The  feaman's  wilhes  to  fulfil. 

7  O  then,  that  all  the  earth,  with  me, 
Would  God  for  all  his  goodnefs  praife  ; 
And  for  the  mighty  works  which  he 
Throughout  the  wond'ring  world  difplays. 

Tate,  varied. 

jpfalmCVII.  Fifth  Part.  L.M.  jptfrgj 

Colonies  planted  and  f  unified. 

WHERE  nothing  dwelt  but  beafts  of  prey, 
Or  men  as  fierce  and  wild  as  they, 
God  bids  the  opprefs'd  and  poor  repair, 
And  builds  them  towns  and  cities  there. 

2  They  fc  w  the  fields,  and  trees  they  plant* 
\     ..  e  yearly  fruit  fupplies  their  want  j 
Their  ra.ee  prows  up  from  fruitful  (lock*] 
Yheii  wealth  iucreafcjs  wjth  their  ftoc 

3  Thus  they  are  bleft  ;  but  if  they  .. 
He  lets  the  lavage  nations  in  ; 

A  h  ftik      ce  invades  their  lands, 
Their  princes  die  by  barb'reus  hands. 

4  Their  captive  fons,  expos'd  to  fcorn, 
Wander  un pitied  and  forlorn  : 
The  country  lies  unfene'd,  until] 
And  defohticn  fpreads  the  field, 


P    S    A    L    M    S.  \C- 

c   Yet  if  the  humbled  people  mourns, 
Again  his  dreadful  hand  he  turns  *, 
Again  he  makes  their  cities  thrive, 
And  bids  the  dying  churches  live. 

6  The  righteous,  with  a  joyful  fenfe, 
Admire  the  works  cf  Providence  ; 
And  wife  obfervers  itill  {hall  find 
The  Lord  is  holy,  juil  and  kind. 

Watts, 

jpfalm  CVIII.     Common  Metre.       [C* 

A  general  Song  cf  Praife. 

OGOD,  my  grateful  foul  afoires 
To  magnify  thy  name  ; 
My  tongue,  with  cheerful  fongs  of  praife^ 
Shall  celebrate  thy  fame. 

2  Awake,  my  heart,  and  thou,  my  voice. 

Thy  willing  tribute  pay  ; 
And  let  a  hymn  of  facred  joy 
Salute  the  opening  day. 

3  To  all  the  liftening  world  around 

Thy  gpodnefs  I  will  fmg  ; 
"Whilit  every  grateful  tongue  {hall  join 
To  praife  th'  eternal  King. 

4  Becaufe  thy  mercy's  boundlefs  he]-. 

The  higheft  heav'n  tranfeends  ; 
And  far  beyond  the  fpreading  earth 
Thy  faithfulnefs  extends  : 
^  Ee  thou  exalted,  O  my  God, 
Above  the  (tarry  frame  \ 
And  let  the  world,  with  one  confent, 
Cpiifefs  thy  glorious  name. 

Altered  fri 
O   2 


\6z  PSALM   S. 

JPfalm  CIX.     Common  Metre.      [#] 

Lcve  to  Eiitr.i-s^  from  :  'riji. 

OGOD,  we  celebrate  thy  praifc, 
Thy  mercy  is  coir  fong  ; 
Though  finncrs  fpeak  agiinft  thy  grace 
With  a  blafpheming  tongue. 

2  When  in  che  form  of  mortal  man 

Thy  Son  on  earth  was  found  ; 
With  cruel  flanders,  falfe  and  vain, 
They  compafs'd  him  around. 

3  Their  mis'ries  his  companion  mov'd,' 

Their  peace  he  ftill  purfu'd  ; 
They  render'd  hatred  for  his  love, 
And  evil  for  his  good. 

4  Their  malice  rag'd  without  a  caufe  j 

Yet  with  his  dying  breath 
He  pray'd  for  murderers  on  his  CTC 
And  blefs'd  his  foes  in  death. 

5  Let  not  this  bright  example  (nine 

In  vain  before  our  eyes ; 
May  we  like  him  to  peace  incline, 

And  love  our  enemies. 
5  Thus  fhall  we  too  thine  image  bear, 

And  thus  our  (onfliip  prove  ; 
for  good  and  bad  thy  bounty  ihare, 

Thou  God  of  boundlefs  teve. 

Wa  r  re,  varied. 

PfaJni   CX.    Long  Metre.      [*or&] 

Tke  Prhfljcod  an  J  Kingdom  *f  Chi 

THUS  the  eternal  Father  fpake, 
To  Chrift  his  Son,  «  Afcend  and  fit 

At  my  right  hand,  till  I  fhall  rtM 

Thv  foes  fubmiflive  at  thv  feet. 


P    S    A    L    M    S,  %6S 

2  M  From  Zion  (hall  thy  word  proceed  ; 
Thy  word,  the  fceptrt  in  thy  hand, 
Shall  make  the  hearts  of  Tinners  bleed. 
And  bow  their  wills  to  thy  command. 

3  "  O  bkffed  power  !   O  glorious  day  ! 
A  fpfcndid  vicVry  (hall  enfue  ! 
find  converts  who  thy  grace  obey 
Exceed  the  drops  of  morning  dew  !" 

4  God  hath  prencune'd  a  firm  decree. 
Nor  will  repent  the  thing  he  fwore  ; 
"  Eternal  (hall  thy  priefthood  be, 
When  Aaron's  fons  ihall  ferve  no  more. 

5  u  Mdcbhxdel  the  wond'rous  pried, 
Whole  generation  was  unknown, 
The  king  of  righteoufnefs  and  peace, 
Was  a  fair  type  of  Chrift  my  boa." 

6  Through  all  the  earth  his  reign  fhall  fpread* 
And  fierce  oppoicrs  frown  in  vain  ; 

For  God  mail  raife  his  humble  head, 
And  his  exalted  throne  main  tain. 

\Y.\i  rs,  varied. 

fMm  CXI.       Lang  Metre,      [*] 

The  Bi<vin:  Perf   ' 

PRAISE  ye  the  Lord  ;  to  fppak  his  praife, 
My  foul  her  utmcit  powers  (hall  raife, 
With  private  friends,  and  in  ihe  throng 
Of  thofe  who  to  his  houfe  bek 
-2  His  works,  for  greatnefs  though  renown\i3 
His  wondYous  wosks  are  always  found. 
By  thofe  who  feel:  for  them  aright; 
And  m  jHe  pious  C 


x64  P    S    A    L    M    S. 

3  His  works  are  all  of  matchlefs  fame, 
And  univerfal  glory  claim  \ 

His  truth,  confirm  q  through  ages  pad, 
Shall  to  eternal  ages  laft. 

4  By  precept,  he  has  u3  enjoin'd 

To  keep  his  wond'rous  works  in  mind  \ 

And  to  pofterity  record, 

How  good  and  gracious  is  the  Lord. 

5  Jufl  are  the  dealings  of  his  hands, 
Immutable  are  his  commands  -,  • 
By  truth. and  equity  fuftain'd, 

And  for  eternal  rules  ordain'd. 

6  Who  wifdom's  facred  prize  would  win, 
Muft  with  the  fear  of  God  begin  ; 
Immortal  praife  and  heavenly  {kill 
Have  they  who  know  and  do  his  will. 

Tate. 


Jpfaim  cxii.    Un%  Metre.    t«  ™  v\ 

The  Character  and  ILipplncfi   of  the  liberal  T.:  \ 

THAT  man  is  hlefs'd,  who  (lands  in  awe 
Of  God,  and  loves  his  facred  law  ; 
His  name  on  earth  ihall  be  renowii'd, 
And  with  increafing  honour  crown'd. 

2  His  hofpitable  houfe  (hall  be 

To  friends  and  flrangers  always  free  ; 
His  virtue  fafe  from  all  decay, 
Shall  bleflings  to  his  heirs  convey. 

3  The  man  that's  fill'd  with  virtue's  light, 
Shines  brighteft  in  affli&ion's  night  -t 
Compailion  dwells  within  his  mind, 
Jiis  juftice.  flows  to  all  mankind. 


PSALMS.  \6f 

4  His  iib'ral  favours  he  extends, 

To  fome  he  gives,  to  otiv~rs  lends  ; 
And  what  his  charity  impairs, 
He  laves  by  prudence  in  affairs. 

5  Though  dangers  threaten  him  around, 
UnmoVd  (hall  he  maintain  his  ground. 
The  fweet  remembrance  of  the  juft 
Shall  flourish  when  he  fleeps  in  dult. 

6  His  hands,  whiift  they  his  alms  beftow'd, 
His  glory's  future  harveft  fow'd  ; 

Vv  hence  he  ihall  reap  a  fure  reward, 
And  dwell  forever  with  the  Locd. 

Tats,  varied. 

M _________ ___ _____^_-«— 

Jpfalm  CXIII.      Long  Metre.      [*] 

Divine  Greatneft  and  Cfndefcen/Um* 

TT^E  fervants  of  th'  Almighty  King, 
X     In  every  age  his  praiies  ling  ; 
Where'er  the  circling  fun  difplays 
His  rifing  beams  or  letting  rays. 

2  Above  the  earth,  beyond  the  fky, 
Stands  his  high  throne  of  majei'ty  ; 
Not  time,  nor  nature's  narrow  rounds, 
Can  give  his  vail  dominion  bounds. 

3  What  impious  mortal  raihly  dare, 
What  angel,  with  our  God  compare  ? 
His  glories,  how  divinely  brig.ht, 
Who  dwells  in  uncreated  light  ? 

4  He  bows  his  glorious  head  to  view 
What  the  bright  hofts  of  angels  do  $ 
And  condefcends  yet  more  to  know 
The  mean  affairs  of  men  below. 


106  PSALMS. 

5  From  duft  and  cottages  obfeure, 
His  grace  exalts  the  humble  poor  ; 
Gives  them  the  honour  of  his  ions, 
And  makes  them  meet  for  heav'nly  thrones. 

Watts. 


Pfaim  CXIV.    Long  Metre,    [^orfr] 

ft,! trades  attending  IfratPs  'Journey. 

WHEN  Ifirael,  free'd  from  Pharaoh's  hand, 
Left  the  proud  tyrant  and  his  land, 
The  tribes  with  cheerful  homage  own 
Their  King,  and  Judah  was  his  throne. 

2  Acrofs  the  deep  their  journey  lay, 
The  deep  divides  to  make  them  way  ; 
Jordan  beheld  their  march,  and  fled 
"With  backward  current  to  his  he?.d. 

3  The  mountains  fhook  like  trembling  fiieep. 
Like  lambs,  the  fmaller  hills  did  leap  \ 
Not  Sinai  on  its  bafe  could  Hand, 
Confcious  of  fovereign  power  at  hand. 

4  What  power  could  make  the  fea  divide  ? 
Or  Jordan  backward  roll  his  tide  ? 
Why  did  ye  leap,  ye  little  hills  ? 

And  whence  the  fright  that  Sinai  feels  ? 

r  Let  ev'ry  mountain,  ev'ry  flood 

Retire,  and  know  th'  approaching  God  \ 
The  King  of  lfrael  !  fee  him  here  » 
Tremble  thou  earth,  adore  and  fear. 

C  He  thunders,  and  all  nature  mourns  ; 
The  rock  to  flowing  water  turns  •, 
J'rom  (tones,  lpring  fountains  at  his  word, 
:\ :;4  earth  and  feas  COflfefs  the  Lord. 

Vat;:. 


PSALMS.  167 

£>faim  CXV.    Long  Metre.    «  or  b] 

UuL'try   reproved. 

NOT  to  ourfelves,  who  arc  but  dull  -? 
Not  to  ourfelves  is  glory  clue  -9 
But  to  thy  name,  thou  only  juft, 
Thou  only  gracious,  wife  2nd  true  ! 

2  Thy  dreadful  majefty  proclaim, 

Nor  let  the  heathen's  haughty  tongue 

lnfult  us,  and,  to  raife  our  lharrue. 

Say  "  where's  the  God  you've  ferv'd  fo  long 

3  The  God  we  ferve  maintains  his  throne 
Above  the  clouds,  beyond  the  Ikies  ; 

Through  all  the  earth  his  will  is  dene, 
He  knows  our  groans,  and  hears  our  cries. 

4  But  the  vain  idols  they  adore 

Are  fefrfelefs  ihapes  of  (tone  or  wood  ; 
fit  belt  a  trittfe  of  glittering-  ore, 
A  filver  faint,  or  golden  god. 

5  b    frael,  make  the  Lord  thy  hope, 
Thy  help,  thy  refuge,  and  thy  re  it  ; 
The  Lord  [ball  build  thy  ruins  up, 
And  bleft  the  people  and   the  prie(l> 

6  T  rib  mote  can  fpeak  thy  praife, 

ley  dwcli  in  ii'ence,  in  the  grave  ; 

hilft  we  live,  we'll  fing 
yd  Ceil  the  world  thy  power  :o  fa 


:;  CXYI.    Com*  ] 

DilioeraM 

TTTTHAT  fhalj  I  render  to  my  C 
V  f        Foi  all  his  kiflilnefs  (hewn  ? 


1*8  P    S    A    L    M    ft 

My  fefct  Chall  vlfit  thine  abode, 
My  fongs  addrefs  thy  throne. 

2  Among  the  faints  who  fill  thy  ho-ufe* 

My  off'rings  fhall  be  paid  ; 
There  (hall  my  zeal  perform  the  vows 
My  foul  in  anguifh  made. 

3  How  much  is  mercy  thy  delight, 

Thcu  ever  bleiTed  God  ! 
How  dear  thy  fervants  in  thy  fight  ! 
How  precious  is  their  blood  ! 

4  How  happy  all  thy  fervants  are  ! 

How  great  thy  grace   to  me  ! 
My  life,  which  thou  haft  made  thy  care. 
Lord,  1  devote  to  thee. 

5  Here,  in  thy  courts,  I  leave  my  vcw, 

And  thy  rich  grace  record  ; 
Witnefs,  ve  faint9,  who  hear  me  now, 
If  I  forfake  the  Lcrd. 

Watts. 


Pfalm  CXVII.      Short  Metre.    [*J 

Praife  to   God  from  all  2\  at  lams. 

THY  name,  Almighty  Lord, 
Shall  found  through  diftant  lands; 
Great  is  thy  grace,  and  fare  thy  word, 
Thy  truth  forever  (lands. 

2  Far  be  thine  honours  fpread, 

Long  may  thy  praife  endure  ; 
Till  morning  light  and  ev'i: 

Shall  be  eyxhang'd  no  in- 

Watt* 


PSALMS,  tdp 

pfaimCXVIII.v.18,19.  illP.C.1' 

-    rv  from  Si 

SOVEREIGN  of  life,  I  own  thy  hand 
In  every  chaffmng  ftroke  ; 

And  whilft  I  fmart  beneath  thy  rod, 
Thy  prefence  I  invoke. 

2  To  thee,  in  my  diftrefs,  I  cry'd, 

Thy  mercy  lent  an  ear  ; 
Thy  powerful  word  my  life  prolong'cL 
And  brought  falvation  near. 

3  Unfold,  ye  gates  of  righteoufneft, 

That,  with  the  pious  throng, 
I  may  record  my  fokirni  vows, 
And  tune  my  grareful  fong. 

4  Praife  to  the  Lord,  whofe  gentle  hand 

Renews  our  lab'ring  breath  ; 
Praife  to  the  Lord,  who  makes  his  fa 
Triumphant  in  their  death. 

5  My  God,  in  that  appointed  hour, 

The  heav'nly  world  difplay  ; 
Where  Gn  and  death  (hall  have  no  place* 
And  tears  be  wip'd  away. 

6  There,  whilft  the  nations  of  the  bleiYd 

With  raj  around  ; 

My  a  rrace 

In  lofaer  (trains  tnd. 

Pfalm  CXVIJI.  Sec.  Part.  CM.  yr 

THIS-  is  th  ■  Lord  hath  made. 

He  -  hours  his  own  -f 

P 


i7o  P    S    A    L 

I  a  let  earth  be  glad. 

And  praife  fur  round  thy  throne. 
a  This  clay,  the  Saviour  left  the  dead, 
And  Satan's  empire  fell  ; 
This  day,  the  faints  his  triumph  fpread* 
id  all  his  wonders  tell. 

3   Hofanna  to  th'  anointed  King, 
To  David's  holy  fon  •, 
Save  us,  O  Lord,  defcend  and  bring 
ition  from  thy  throne. 
■  eft  be  the  Lord,  who  comes  to  men 
With  meiTages  of  grace  } 
Who  comes  in  God,  his  Father 
To  fave  our  finful  race. 
5   Hofanna  in  the  higheit  ftrains 

The  church  on  earth  can  raife  *, 
The  higheft  heav'ns  in  which  he  reigns 
Shall  give  him  nobler  praife. 

Watts. 

\pM\Xi  CXVIII.     Short  Metre.    [*1 

Sail  i 

p>  EHOLD  the  corner  ftone, 
Jl)  Which  God  in  Zion  lays, 
To  build  our  heavidy  hopes  upon, 

And  his  eternal  praife  ! 
2  Tfc  h  fctibe  and  pricfl! 

in  ; 
Yet  Q]\  thrs  foc  ".ion  reftj 


PSALM    S. 

4  Mow  glorious  is  the  day, 
By  our  Redeemer  mac 

Let  us  rejoice,  and  fing,  and  p: 

Let  all  the  church  be  glad. 

5  Hofanna  to  the  King 

Of  David's  royal  blood ; 
Blefs  him,  ye  faints,  he  comes  to  bring 
Salvation  from  your  God. 

6  We  blefs  thy  hcly  word, 
Which  all  this  grace  difplays  •, 

And  offer  on  thine  altar,  Lord^ 
Our  iacrihce  of  praife. 

Watt  s. 

pfaimCXIX.  FirflPart.  C.M.IZ^T 

-"-  Happimeft  cf  j  wtumu  Life. 

HOW  blefs'd  are  they  who  always  keep 
The  pure  and  perfect  way  ; 
Who  never  from  the  facred  paths 
Of  God's  commandments  (tray  ! 

2  How  bleiVd,  who  to  his  righteous  laws 

Have  dill  obedient  been  ; 
And  have  with  humble  fervent  zeal 
His  favour  fought  to  win  ! 

3  Such  men  their  utmoft  caution  ufe 

To  fhun  each  wicked  deed  ; 

But  in  the  path  which  he  directs 

With  conftant  care  proceed. 

4  Thou  (molly  haft  enjoin'd  us,  Lord^ 

To  learn  thy  facred  will, 

And  all  our  diligence  employ 

Thy  ftatutes  to  fulfil. 

r  O  then  that  thy  moil  holy  will 

ght  o'er  our  ways  : 


172  PSA    I    M    S- 

And  we  the  courfe  of  all  our  life 
By  thy  direction  guide  ! 

6  Then  with  aflurance  Ihouli  we  walk 
From  all  confufion  frc 
Convinced,  with  joy,  that  all  our  ways 
With  thy  commands  agree. 

Tate. 

JPfalm  CXIX.     Sec.  Part.     C.  M.    [t] 

<Tht  Danger  aitem 

INDULGENT  God,  with  pitying  eye 
The  ions  of  men  lurvey  ; 
And  fee  how  youthful  tinners  fport 
In  a  deflruclive  way. 

2  In  pleafure's  flowery  path  they  tre. 

On  future  years  prefume  *, 
Although  ten  thoufend  fnares  are  fpread, 
To  (hatch  them  to  the  tomb. 

3  Reduce,  O  Lord,  their  wandering  mind, 

Amus'd  with  airy  dreams  ; 
That  heavenly  wifdom  may  difpel 
Their  viiionary  fchemes. 

4  With  holy  caution  may  they  walk, 

And  make  thy  word  their  guide  j 
Till  each,  the  danger  fafely  pail, 
On  Zion's  hill  abide. 

:  d ridge,  with  Variation. 

Jpfaim  CXIX.     Third  Part.    C.M.[y} 

Htpemtfi 

THOU  art  my  portion,  O  my  God  ; 
Soon  as  I  know  thy  way, 
My  heart  prepares  t'  obey  thy  word, 
And  furlers  no  del 


PSALMS. 

2  I  choofc  the  path  of  heavenly  truth, 

And  glory  in  my  choice  ; 
Not  all  the  riches  of  the  earth 
Can  make  me  fo  rejoice. 

3  The  te Alimonies  of  thy  grace 

I  let  before  my  eyes  ; 
Thence  I  derive  my  daily  ftrength, 
And  there  my  comfort  lies. 

4  If  e'er  I  wander  from  thy  path, 

I   think  upon  my  ways, 
Then  turn  my  feet  to  thy  commands. 

And  truft  thy  pard'ning  grace, 
j   If  thou  incline  this  wandering  heart 

Thy  precepts  to  fulfil  ; 
Then,  till  my  mortal  life  (hall  end, 

I  (hall  perform  thy  will. 


Watt; 


PfalmCXIX.  4thPart.*C.M.  [*or 

Inf.rucikn  from   Serif. 

THY  word  is  like  a  heavenly  light, 
Which  guides  us  all' the  day  ; 
And  through  the  dangers  of  the  nightj 
A  lamp  to  lead  our  way. 

Z  Wheq  once  it  enters  to  the  mind, 
It  fpreads  fuch  light  abroad, 
The  meaner!  fouls  inftruction  find, 
rid  raife  their  thoughts  to  God, 
3  The  ftarry  heavens  thy  rule  obey, 
The  earth  preferves  her  place  -, 
In  nature's  volume  night  and  day, 
power  and  (kill  we  trace, 

?  i 


i74  P    S    A    L    M    S. 

4  But  in  thy  law,  and  gofpcl,  Lord, 
Are  ]e lions  more  divin 
Not  earth  ftai  r  than  thy  word, 

Nor  flars  fo  nobly  thine. 
c  Thy  word  ib  evcrlafting  truth ; 
How  pure  is  every  page  ! 
That  holy  book  (hall  ^ruiue  our  youth, 
And  well  fupport  our  age. 

VTa  i 

Jpfalm  CXIX.  Fifth  Part.  L.  M.    [b] 

GoJ!\  Sorrci's  for  the  Sins  of  Al+n. 

ARISE,  my  tender  thoughts,  arife  ; 
Let  torrents  drown  my  weeping  eyes  ; 
And  thou,  my  heart,  with  anguiih  ieel 
Thole  evils  which  thou  canft  not  heal. 

2  See  human  beings  funk  in  fhame  ; 
See  fcandals  pour'd  on  Jefus*  name  ; 
S^e  God  infulted  through  his  Son, 
The  world  abus'd,  the  foul  undone. 

3  My  heart  with  reverence  hears  thy  word, 
And  trembles  at  thy  r.hreatVings,  Lord  i 
I  know  the  wretched,  dreadful  end 

To  which  their  carelefs  (leps  defcend. 

4  My  God,  the  mournful  fcene  I  view, 
With  horror  and  with  pity  too  j 

O  could  my  fympathy  reclaim 

The  wretches  from  de(lrucl.ive  flame  ! 

5  But  feeble  my  compafiion  proves, 

It  can  but  weep,  where  moil  it  loves  ; 
Thy  own  all-faring  grace  employ, 
And  turn  thefc  drops  of  grief  to  joy. 


PSALMS,,  175 

Pfalill  CXIX.  6th  Part.  C.  M.  [ 

L-l.  ":rl  c/G:J. 

OHOW  I  love  thy  holy  law, 
'Tis  daily  my  delight  5 
And  thence  my  meditations  draw 
Divine  advice  by  night. 

2  My  waking  eyes  prevent  the  day, 

To  meditate  thy  word  ; 
My  foul  with  longing  melts  away, 
To  hear  thy  gofpel,  Lord. 

3  When  midnight  darknefs  veils  the  flues* 

I  call  thy  words  to  mind  ; 
My  thoughts  in  warm  devotion  rife, 
And  God's  acceptance  find. 

4  How  doth  thy  word  my  heart  engage  * 

How  well  employ  my  tongue  ! 
It  cheers  my  tircfome  pilgrimage, 
And  yields  a  heav'nly  long  ! 

5  Am  I  a  ftranger,  or  at  heme, 

'lis  my  continual  feafl  : 
Not  honey  dropping  from  the  comb 
So  much  allures  the  talte. 

6  No  treafures  fo  enrich  the  mind, 

Nor  fn ail  thy  word  be  fold 

For  loads  of  Giver  well  refin'd, 

Nor  heaps  of  (hilling  gold. 

^  When  nature  finks  and  fpirits  droop* 
Thy  promifes  of  grace 
Are  pillars  to  fupport  my  hope, 
And  elevate  my  praife, 

Watt* 


176  P    S    A   L   M   Pi 

pCdln-  CXIX.   7th  Part.  C.  A/.  £*»&] 

:.'V  divine  H 

ORD,  I  have  made  thy  word  my  choice^ 


U 


Thy  ftatuces  all  are  juft  *, 
They  make  my  nobleft  powers  rejoice, 
A  mortify  my  I 
J  Thy  precepts  often  I  furvey, 

lid  keep  thy  laws  \n  light  ; 
Through  ail  the  biuincfs  ci  the  day, 
To  form  my  actions  ri 
2  And  when  rny  fpirit  takes  her 
From  fountains  fo  divine, 
Not  mighty  men  that  ihare  the  fpoil, 
Have  joy  com  par 'd  to  mh. 
'a  I  read  the  hift'ries  of  thy  love, 
And  keep  thy  grace  in  iigir.  > 
Whilft  through  the  promiies  I  rovq 
With  ever  new  delight. 

e  Tis  like  a  land  cf  wealth  unknown, 
Where  living  fprings  arife  : 
Seeds  of  immortal  bills  are  town, 
And  hidden  glory  lie-s. 
lie  beft  relief  that  mourners  have  , 
It  makes  our  forrows  bleit  ; 
Cur  faireit  hope  beyond  the  gravr, 
And  our  eternal  reft, 

Watts. 

llUCXIX.  8thPart,  ( 

3 :.  p  rfei  .  . 

ET  all  the  heathen  wi 
_j   T  ne  perfedi  book  ; 

preat  Cod,  if  once  Compared  wit 
/  mean  theii  writii 


PSALMS.  I-? 

z  Not  the  mod  perfe&  rules  they  g  ;ve, 

Could  ihow  one  fin  forgiven  ; 

Nor  lead  a  ftcp  beyond  the  grave  *, 

But  thine  conduct  to  heaven. 

3  I've  feen  an  end  of  what  we  call 

Perfection ,  here  below  5 
How  fhort  the  powers  of  nature  fall, 
And  can  no  farther  go. 

4  But  thy  commands,  O  righteous  Lord, 

Pervade  the  heart  within  ; 
Thy  perfect  law,  exceeding  broad, 
Delects  the  fecret  fin. 

5  In  vain  we  boafr  perfection  here, 

While  fin  defiles  our  frame, 
And  links  cur  virtues  down  fo  far, 
They  fcarce  deferve  the  name. 

6  Our  faith,  and  love,  and  every  grace 

Fall  far  beneath  thy  word  ^ 
But  perfect  truth  and  righteoufhefi 
Dwell  only  with  the  Lord. 

Watt?,  varied. 

PialiU  CXIX.  5th  Part.  C.  M.  [*  or  g 

T   V    >f  1   1  -  ■.'   K 

THY  mercies  fill  the  earth,  O  Lord, 
How  great  thy  works  appear  ! 
Open  my  eyes  to  read  thy  word, 
And  fee  thy  wonders  there. 

2  My  flefh,  by  thy  creating  hands, 

Is  form'd  with  care  and  (kill  •, 
O  make  me  learn  thyjuft  command*. 
That  I  may  them  fulfil. 

3  Sisce  I'm  a  ftranger  here  below, 

I3e  thou  my  conftant  guide  > 


nS  PSA    L    H 

Dire£t  tjie  way  my  feet  (hall  go, 
Nof  let  me  turn  all 
4  If  thou  to  rac  thy  {tatutes  {hew, 
And  heav'nly  truth  impart  •, 
Thy  work  forever  I'll  purine, 
Thy  law  {hall  rule  my  heart. 
j  From  thofe  vain  obje£ts  turn  my  fight, 
Which  this  falfe  world  difplays  \ 
But  give  me  heav'nly  power  and  light, 
To  tread  thy  righteous  ways. 

Ta'j  e  and  Watts, 

pfalm  CXIX.  Tenth  Part.    &  Jfef.  .ftj 

Brca'hivg  after    Holinrfs. 

THAT  $*  Lord  would  guide  my  ways, 
rio  keep  his  {tatutes  ftiU  •, 
O  that  my  God  would  grant  me  grace 
To  knew  and  do  his  will. 

2  Send  thy  good  Spirit,  Lord,  to  write 
Thy  law  upon  my  heart, 
Nor  let  my  tongue  indulge  deceit, 
Nor  act  the  liar's  part. 

2  From  vanity  turn  off  my  eyes, 
Let  no  corrupt  defign, 
Nor  covetous  defires  arife 
Within  this  foul  of  mine. 

4  Order  my  footfteps  by  thy  word* 

And  make  my  heart  fmcerc  ; 
Let  fm  have  no  dominion,  Lord, 
But  keep  my  conference  clear. 

5  My  tell  hath  gone  too  far  aftra\, 

My  feet  too  often  Hide  j 
O  bring  me  back  to  virtue's  way^ 
/;nd  be  thy  truth  my  guide, 


PS    AL    M   S. 

;  me  to  walk  in  thy  command?, 

trul  road  ; 
let  my  head,  or  heart,  or  hail 
Offend  againit  my  God. 


i?falm  CXIX.  Eleventh  Part.  C.  .X 

OTHAT  thy  ftatates  every  hour 
Might  dwell  upon  my  mind  ! 
Thence  I  derive  a  quick'ning  power* 
And  daily  contfort  find. 

2  Thy  word  ihail  dwell  upon  my  hearts 

To  keep  me  pure  within  -, 
And  be  an  everlafdr.G:  guard 
r  rem  every  r:i:::^  tin. 

3  To  meditate  thy  precepts,  Lordj 

Shall  be  my  Tweet  employ  ; 
Mv  foul  Lh.ill  ne'er  forget  thy  word  ; 
Thy  w*ord  is  all   my  joy. 

4  How  would  I  run  in  thy  commands, 

:.r^e 
From  Gn's  deceit,  a  ys  bands, 

Andfet  rge. 

dare 

Net  me, 

5D  Li*! :    ye    -  * 

"W  hoi  t  n  d  h  ?  a  rts  are  ill  5 

I  love  aiy  God,  L  love  his  ways2 
And  :nxx  obey  his  will. 


:So  PSALMS. 

Jpffclm  CXIX.  Twelfth  Part.  CM.  til 

The  Bxnef.t  of  AJJliSlkr.s. 

C CONSIDER  all  my  forrows,  Lord, 
/    And  thy  deliverance  fend  ; 
My  foul  for  thy  falvation  waits, 
When  will  my  troubles  end  ! 

2  Yet  I  have  found  'tis  good  for  ms 

To  bear  my  Father's  rod  ; 
Affii&ions  make  me  learn  the  law, 
And  reverence  my  God. 

3  This  is  the  comfort  I  enjoy, 

When  new  diflrefs  begins  ; 
I  read  thy  word,  I  run  thy  ways, 
And  hate  my  former  fins. 

4  Had  not  thy  word  been  my  delight, 

When  earthly  joy:,  were  fled, 
My  foul,  cpprciVd  with  forrow's  weight, 
Had  funk  among  the  dead. 

j  I  know  thy  judgment^  Lord,  afe  righl,  ' 
Though  they  may  feem  ievere  ;     - 
In  all  the  fuiFrings  I  endure, 
Thy  grace  and  love  appear. 

6  before  I  knew  thy  chaining  rod, 
My  feet  were  apt  to  fir  ay  #, 
But  now  I  learn  to  keep  thy  word, 
Nor  wander  from  thy  way. 

WXTT3. 

pfaim  CXIX.   13th  Part.   CM.    EH 

Prayer,  far  quickening  Ore::. 

MY  foul  lies  cieavine  to  the  dud, 
Lord,  give  me  life  divine  •, 


F    S    A    L    M    5.  it* 

From  vain  de fires,  and  every  luftj 
Turn  off  thefe  eyes  of  mine. 

2  I  need  the  influence  of  thy  grace* 

To  fpeed  me  in  my  way; 
Left  I  ihould  loiter  in  my  race. 
Or  turn  my  feet  aftray. 

3  When  fore  afflictions  prefs  me  down, 

1  need  thy  quick'ning  powers  j 
Thy  word  that  i  have  reited  on 
Shall  help  my  heavieii  hours, 
*   Are  not  thy  mercies  fov'reign  (till  ? 
And  thou  a  faithful  G 
Wilt  thou  not  gran*:  me  warmer  zeal, 
To  run  the  heav'nly  road  ? 

5  Does  not  my  heart  th  ve  ? 

And  long  to  fee  thy  fac 
And  yet  how  flow  my  fpirits  move, 
Without  enlivening  grace  ! 

6  Then  (hall  I  love  thy  gofpel  more, 

And  ne'er  forget  thy  word  ; 
When  I  have  felt  its  quickening  power, 
To  draw  me  near  the  Lord. 

"Watt?* 


JpfalmCXIX.    14th  Part.  I.  M. 

Afflictions  fanQijxd. 

FATHER,  I  blefs  thy  gentle  hand  5 
How  kind  was  thy  chauinng  rod  ! 
That  fore'd  my  conference  to  a  (land, 
And  brought  my  wandering  foul  to  God  i 
2  Foolifh  and  vain,  I  went  aftray, 
Ere  I  had  felt  thy  fcourges,  Lord  1 


L.'J 


x82  I    S    A    L    M    S. 

I  left  my  guide,  and  loft  m 

But  now  1  love  and  keep  thy  word. 

3  'Tis  good  for  me  to  wear  the  yoke, 
For  pride  is  apt  to  rife  and  fwell ; 
'Tis  good  to  bear  my  Father's  ftroke, 
That  I  may  learn  his  ftatntes  well. 

4  The  law  that  i flues  from  thy  mouth, 
Shall  htife  my  cheerful  pa  (Rons  more 
Than  all  the  treafures  of  the  fouth, 
Or  weftem  hills  of  golden  ere. 

5  Thy  hands  have  made  my  mortal  frame, 
Thy  Spirit  form'd  my  foul  within  \ 
Teach  me  to  love  thy  holy  name, 

And  guard  me  fafe  from  every  fin. 

6  Then  thofe  who  love  and  fear  the  Lord, 
In  my  falvation  fhall  rejoice  ; 

For  I  have  trulled  in  thy  word, 
And  make  thy  grace  my  only  choice. 


Pfalm  CXX.     Common  Metre.     [(,] 

Complaint  agalr.ft  Emmies. 

THOU  God  of  love,  thou  ever  bled, 
Pity  my  FttfPring  itate  ; 
When  wilt  thou  fet  my  foul  at  reit 
From  men  who  love  deceit  ? 

2  Ah,  wroe  is  me,  to  have  my  feat 
Among  the  fons  of  ft  rite  ; 
Perpetual  infult  doom'd  to  meet, 
From  men  of  reftlefs  ti 
q  O  might:  I  fly  tc  .  ny  place, 

Fd  rather  ch<  im 

In  feme  wide,  nfi  wilder: 

To  fend  a  ;  .      oc. 


P    S    A    L    M    S.  183 

j  Peace  is  the  blefling  that  I  f 
And  friendly  terms  prepare ; 
But  when  to  them  of  peace  I  ipeak, 
They  all  for  war  declare. 

5  New  paflkms  ftill  their  fouls  engage, 

And  keep  their  malice  Drone; 
What  ihall  be  done  to  curb  thy  rage, 
O  thou  provoking  tongue  ! 

6  Should  deadly  arrows  ftrike  thee  through, 

Strict  juiiice  would  approve  : 
But  I  had  rather  fpare  my  foe, 
And  melt  His  heart  with  love. 

Watts  and  Merrick. 


Pfalm  CXXI.     Common  Metre.  E»«rM 

Divine    Frsfcmai'.on. 

FROM  Zion's  hill,  my  help  defcends  5 
To  God  I  lift  mine  eyes  ; 
My  ftrength  alone  on  him  depends* 
Who  built  the  ear^h  and  Ikies. 

2  He,  ever  watchful,  ever  nigh, 

Forbids  my  feet  to  Hide  ; 
No  Deep  nor  flumber  feals  the  eye 
Oflfrael's  faithful  Guide. 

3  He  will  fuftain  my  feeble  powers 

With  his  almighty  arm  ; 
And  watch  my  molt  unguarded  hours 
Againft  all  Fatal  harm. 

4  Then  let  my  foul  fecurely  reft, 

My  guardian  is  the  Lord  ; 
His  power  which  makes  my  {lumbers  bleu.. 
Protection  will  afford. 


j84  PSALMS. 

5  Nor  fcorching  fun,  nor  Gckly  mocn, 

Will  he  permit  to  fmitc  ; 
He  fliields  my  head  from  burning  noon, 

From  noxious  damps  by  night. 

6  At  home,  abroad,  in  peace,  in  w.tr, 

God  will  my  life  defend  ; 
Conduct  me  free  from  every  fnare, 
Safe  to  my  journey's -end. 

Tate,  Watts,  and  Mirxio:. 


PfalmCXXI.  Hallelujah  Metre.  [*0rs] 

Divine  Preformation. 

TO  God  I  lift  my  eyes, 
From  whom  is  all  my  aid  ; 
The  God  who  built  the  ik:js3 
An  i  earth's  foundation  iaid. 
God  is  the  tower 
To  which  I  fly ; 
His  grace  is  nigh 
In  every  hour. 

2  My  feet  (hall  never  Aide, 
And  fall  in  fatal  fnares  -, 
Since  God,  my  heavenly  guide, 
Wi  tte  my  fears. 

h   ie  wakeful  eyes 
Which  never  fleep, 
Shall  Ifrael  keep. 
When  dangers  rife. 


3  No  burning  heat  by  day, 
Nor  blaft  of  ev'ning  air, 
Shall  take  my  health  away, 
If  God  be  with  me  there 


P    S    A    L    M    S- 

Thou  art  my  ligl 

I  thou  n: 
To  guard  my  head, 
By  clay  cr  night. 

4  Ha fl  thou  not  promn' 

Tp  :  (bill  from  death  ? 

And  I  can  trull  thy  word, 
To  k  mortal  breath. 

Ill  go  and  come, 

Nor  fear  to  c1 

Till  from  on  high 

Thou  call  me  home. 


JiJfallU  CXXII.    Common  Metre.   [•#] 

For  the  Lord's  Day 

BEHOLD  the  riling  davrn  appear, 
Which  calls  our  willing  f 
To  tread  thy  courts,  O  God,  and  here 
Our  folemn  praife  repeat  ! 

2  Fair  Zion's  gates  are  our  delight ; 

Within  h(  we  ft  and  \ 

And  all  her  happy  ions  unite 
In  friendfhip's  facred  band. 

3  We  love  the  place  where  Zion's  Lord 

Is  pleas'd  to  (hew  his  face ; 
Here  he  proclaims  his  holy  word, 
And  here  accepts  our  praife. 

4  With  reverend  awe  and  godly  fear, 

We  bow  bei  throne  ; 

For  thou  the  fervent  prayer  wilt  hear. 
Through  thy  beloved  Son, 


iZ6  P    S    A    L    M    S. 

5  Peace  be  within  this  hallo  v/d  place, 

And  joy  a  conftant  gueft  ; 
With  holy  gifts,  and  heav'nly  grace. 
Be  her  attendants  bleft. 

6  Our  foul  (hall  pray  for  Zion  (till, 

While  life  or  breath  remains  *, 
Tor  here  our  frier ds  and  brethren  dwell, 
And  here  our  Saviour  reigns. 

Watt*  and  Meup.ick,  ubited  and  varied. 
"■  '    »■  ■■  ■  »»Mnmiiin.ii  mtm    •      "  — -»  i      ' ■  ** 

Pfallll  CXXII.     Particular  Metre.  [#] 

Th$  FUafure  of  Public  Worjblf, 

HOW  does  my  heart  rejoice 
To  hear  the  public  voice, 
•k  Come,  let  us  feck  our  God  to-day  !" 
Yes,  with  a  cheerful  zeal, 
We'll  hafte  to  Zion's  hill, 
And  there  cur  vows  and  honours  pay* 

2  Zion,  thrice  happy  place  ! 
Adorn  d  with  wond'rous  grace, 

And  walls  of  ftrength  encloie  thee  round  j 

In  thee  our  tribes  appear, 

To  pray,  and  praife,  and  hear 
The  facred  gofpel's  joyful  found. 

3  Here  David's  holy  Son 
Hath  plac'd  his  royal  throne, 

He  fits  for  grace  and  judgment  here  ; 

He  bids  the  faints  be  glad  ; 

He  makes  the  wicked  {ad ; 
But  humble  fools  rejoice  with  fear. 

4  May  peace  attend  thy  gate, 
"  And  joy  within  thee  wait, 

To  blefs  the  foul  of  ev'ry  gueft  j 


PSALM    S,  187 

The  man  who  feeks  thy  peace, 
And  wifhes  thine  increai'e, 
A  thoufand  bleflings  on  him  reft  ! 

5  My  tongue  repeats  her  vows, 

"  Peace  to  this  facred  houfe," 
For  here  my  friends  and  brethren  dwell  *, 

And  fince  my  glorious  God 

Makes  thee  his  bleil  abode, 
My  foul  fhall  ever  love  thee  well. 

Watts. 

3£>falm  C XXIII.     Common  Metre.    [:,] 


O 


Pleading  ivltb  uubmijjlon. 

THOU,  whole  grace  and  juftice  reign. 
Enthroned  above  the  flcy, 
f  o  thee  our  hearts  would  tell  their  pain, 

To  thee  we  lift  our  eye. 
As  fervants  watch  their  matter's  hand, 

And  dread  the  ftern  rebuke  *, 
Or  maids  before  their  miftrefs  ftand, 

And  wait  the  peaceful  look  : 
So  for  our  fins  we  juftly  feel 

Thy  righteoiv.  hand,  O  God  ; 
Yet  wait  the  gracious  moment  (till. 

Till  thou  remove  thy  rod. 
Thofe  who  in  eafe  and  pleafure  live, 

Our  daily  groans  deride  ; 
And  thy  delays  of  mercy  give 

Frefh  courage  to  their  pride. 
Our  foes  infult  us  ;  but  our  hope 

In  thy  compaflion  lies  \ 
This  thought  fhall  bear  our  fpirits  up, 

That  God  will  not  defpifc 


188  P    S    A    I,    M    S. 

Jpfalm  C X  X I V.      Long  Meir. 

Deli  ..res. 

HAD  not  the  Lord,  may  Ii; 
Had  not  the  Lord  in'd  our  f. 

When  men,  to  make  our  lives  a  prey, 
Rofe  like  the  fwel 

2  The  fwelling  tide  had  ftopt  our  breath, 
So  fiercely  did  the  billows  roll ; 

We  had  been  fwallow'd  deep  in  death  ; 
The  waters  had  o'erwhelm'd  our  foul. 

3  We  leap  for  joy,  we  fhout  and  fmg, 
Who  jult  efcap'd  the  fatal  ftrokc  ; 

So  flies  the  bird  with  lively  wing, 
When  once  the  fowler's  fnare  is  broke. 

4  Forever  biefied  be  the  Lord, 

Who  broke  the  fowler's  deadly  fnare  •, 
Who  fav'd  us  from  the  threat'ning  fword, 
And  made  our  lives  his  watchful  care. 

5  Our  help  is  in  Jehovah's  name, 

Who  forirfd  the  earth  and  built  the  ikies  ; 
Who  ftiil  upholds  all  nature's  frame, 
And  guards  his  church  with  wakeful  eyes. 

W  a  r  ts. 

pfallll  CXXV.  Common  Metre.  [*  or  ft 

Trial  and  Safdy. 

UNSHAKEN  as  the  facred  hill, 
And  firm  as  mountains  be, 
When  tempeits  rife,  the  foul  (hall  (land. 
That  trulls,  O  Lord,  in  thee. 
2  As  lofty  mountains  Hood  to  guard 
Fair  Salem's  happy  ground, 
God's  almighty  power  and  love 
tclofe  his  church  around. 


PSALMS.  189 

3  Though  he  permit  the  tyrant's  rod 

T  inflicl  a  chaft'ning  ftroke  ; 
Yet,  left  it  wound  the  foul  too  deep, 
Its  fury  ill  ail  be  broke. 

4  The  Lord  will  gently  deal  with  thofe, 

Whofe  filial  love  and  fear, 
Whofe  faith,  and  hope,  and  every  grace 
Proclaim  their  hearts  fincere. 

Watts,  varied. 

Jpfalm  CXXVI.     Common  Metre.    [.*] 

RemarlzhU  Deliverer.:?, 

WHEN  God  reveaPd  his  gracious  name, 
And  chang'd  our  mournful  ftate, 
Our  rapture  feem'd  a  pleafmg  dream, 
The  work  appear'd  lb  great. 

2  •?  Great  is  the  work,"  our  brethren  cry'd, 

And  own'd  the  power  divine  ; 
iJ  Great  is  the  work,"  our  fouls  reply'd, 
<;  And  be  the  glory  thine." 

3  The  Lord  can  clear  the  darkefl  fkies, 

Can  give  us  day  for  night ; 
Make  drops  of  ncred  forrowr  rife 
To  rivers  of  delight. 

4  Let  thofe  who  fow  in  fadnefs,  wait 

'Till  the  fair  harveft  come  \ 
They  {hall  confefs  their  {Leaves  are  great, 
And  ihout  the  bleflings  home. 

5  The  feed,  though  buried  long  in  duft, 

Will  not  deceive  their  hope  ; 
The  precious  grain  cannot  be  loft, 
Tor  grace  enfures  the  crop, 

Watt* 


ipo  PSALM    S. 

jpfalm  CXXVII.  Common  Metre.  [«  or  fl 

Succtfs  and  Pr  fi'sr'tiy  from  ( 

IF  God  to  build  the  houfe  deny, 
The  builders  work  in  vain  ; 
Cities  without  his  v.  atchful 
An  ufelefs  guard  maintain. 

2  In  vain  we  rife  before  the  day, 

And  late  to  reft  repair  ; 
Allow  no  reipite  to  our  toil, 
And  eat  the  bread  of  care. 

3  But,  if  we  truft  our  Father's  love, 

And  in  his  ways  delight, 
He'll  give  us  needful  food  by  day, 
And  quiet  deep  by  night. 

4  Then  children,  relatives  and  friends 

Shall  real  bleffings  prove  •, 
And  all  the  earthly  joys  he  fends 
Be  crown'd  with  heavenly  love. 

Tate  znd  Watts,  with  Addition. 

]p>faim  CXXVIII.      Long  Metre.      [«] 

■  tly  Duties  and  B(ejjings* 

BLEST  is  the  man  who  fears  the  Lord, 
And  walks  by  his  unerring  word  \ 
Comfort  and  peace  his  days  attend, 
And  God  will  ever  prove  his  friend. 

2  To  him  who  condefcends  to  dwell 
With  faints  in  their  obfcureil  cell, 
Be  our  domeftic  altars  rais'd, 
And  daily  let  his  name  be  praisM. 

3  To  him  may  each  aflembled  houfe 
JPiefcnt  their  night  and  morning  vows  ; 


P    S    A    L    M    S.  191 

1  heir  iervants  and  their  rifing  race 
Be  (aught  his  precepts  and  his  grace. 

4  Then  (hall  the  charms  of  wedded  love 
Still  more  delightful  bleffings  prove  ; 
And  parents'  hearts  fhall  overflow 
With  joys  that  parents  only  know. 

5  When  nature  droops,  our  aged  eyes 
Shall  fee  our  children's  children  rife  ; 
Till  pleas'd  and  thankful  we  remove, 
And  join  the  family  above. 

Doddridge  and  Merrick,  united  and  varied, 

prallU  CXXIX.     Long  Metre.     [*  or  fr] 
(A  new  verfion.) 

tTbt    Cour-fd:   of  Enemies   d'fappointcd. 

HOW  often  have  our  reftlefs  foes 
Their  arts  employed  to  vex  our  land  ! 
But  God  did  kindly  interpofe  ; 
His  power  hath  made  our  feet  to  (fond. 
2  By  fubtil  wiles  as  dark  as  night, 
Their  malice  lay  a  while  conceal'd  ; 
But  foon  the  imfchief  fprang  to  light, 
And  all  their  projects  ftboct  reveal'd. 

:h  pride  and  power  and  lifted  hand, 
They  dealt  their  vengeful  blows  around  *, 
Our  backs  were  like  the  furrow'd  land, 
When  ploughmen  break  the  ftirbborn ground. 
4  But  fecret  arts,  and  open  force 

2  never  movM  our  ftedfaft  feet ; 
His  juftice  ftiil  maintains  its  courle, 
And  he  will  all  their  plots  defeat. 

ike  wither'd  grafs  their  hopes  fhall  fade, 
Nor  God  nor  man  their  cotmfels  bleu  ; 


L 


192  P    S    A    L    M   S. 

No  friendly  hand  (hall  lend  them  aid, 
No  tongue  fhall  wifli  tliem  good  fuccefi. 

PfalmCXXX.     Common  Metre.    [S>] 

Repentance  -and  Pardon, 

ORD,  fhould'ft  thou  call  us  to  thy  bar  5 
Should  thine  impartial  hand 
Avenge  our  fins  againft  thy  law, 

What  mortal  flefa  could  (land  ! 
But  fovereign  mercy  dwells  with  thee  ; 

Hope  dawns  amtqft  our  fears  •, 
Divine  forgivenefs,  large  and  free, 

Shall  wipe  our  flowing  tears. 
On  thee  alone  our  fouls  would  wait. 

And  in  thy  word  would  ftay  ; 
Thy  promifes  can  light  create, 
And  turn  our  night  to  day. 
Juft  as  the  guards  that  keep  the  night 

Long  for  the  morning  ikies, 
Watch  the  firft  beams  of  breaking  light, 

And  meet  them  with  their  eyes  : 
So  wait  our  fouls  to  fee  thy  grace, 

And  more  intent  than  they, 
Meet  the  firfi:  openings  of  thy  face, 

And  find  a  brighter  day. 
Let  contrite  finners  on  the  Lord, 

'  With  humble  hope,  recline  ; 
Juftice  and  mercy,  in  his  word, 

Harmonioufly  combine. 
UnnumberM  though  our  fins  appear, 

And  fill  our  hearts  with  pain  } 
Thy  boundkfs  love  difpels  our  fear, 
And  cieanfts  every  itain. 

Watts  and  Ctlele. 


P   S    A    L    M    S.  293 

pfalm  CXXX.     Lpng  Metre,    m 

FROM  deep  diftrefs  and  troubled  though:?. 
To  thee,  ray  God,  I  raife  my  cry  ; 

If  thou  feverely  mark  our  faults, 

What  flefli  could  (land  before  thine  eye  ! 

2  But  thou  haft  fet  thy  throne  of  grace 
Free  to  difpenfe  thy  pardons  there  > 
That  fmners  may  approach  thy  face, 
And  hope  and  love,  as  well  as  fear. 

3  As  the  benighted  pilgrims  wait, 
And  long  and  wifn  for  breaking  day, 
So  Waits  my  foul  before  thy  gate  ; 
"When  will  my  God  his  face  difphy 

4  My  truft  is  nVd  upon  thy  word, 
Nor  (hail  I  trull:  thy  word  in  vain  ; 
Let  mourning  fouls  addrefs  the  Lord, 
And  find  relief  horn  all  their  pain. 

5  Great  is  his  love,  and  large  his  grace, 
Through  the  redemption  of  his  Sen 
He  turns  our  feet  from  (infill  v. 

And  pardons  what  our  bands  have  done. 

V\\\  1 

Pfaim  CX XXI.     C  Metre,     CW 

TS  th  1  in  my  heart  ? 

X      be  arch,  gracious  Gad,  and  fee  ; 
Or,  do  I  act  a  haughty  part  ? 

Lord,  I  :  :>  thee, 

7  Drive  frorr  of  my  heart 

All  dilcontent  and  pride  \ 

R 


it;4  P    S    A    L    M    S. 

Nor  let  me,  in  erroneous  paths* 
With  thoughtlefs  tinners  glide, 

3  Whate'er  thine  all  difcerning  eye 

Sees  for  thy  creature  fit, 
I'll  blefs  the  good,' and  to  the  ill 
Contentedly  fubmit. 

4  "With  humble  pleafure  let  me  view 

The  profp'rous  and  the  great  *, 
Malignant  envy  let  me  fiy, 
And  odious  felf-conceit. 

5  Let  not  defpair  nor  fell  revenge 

Be  to  my  bofom  known  ; 
O  give  me  tears  for  others'  woe, 
And  patience  for  my  own. 

6  Feed  me  with  necefiary  food, 

1  aik  not  wealth  or  fame  *, 
But  give  me  eyes  to  view  thy  works, 
And  fenfe  to  praife  thy  name. 

7  May  my  (till  days  obfcurely  pafe, 

Without  removfe  or  care  ; 
And  let  me  for  the  parting  hour 
Inceliantly  prepare. 

B.  Wll  I  I  AM  5*8  Col'-  3 

prallU   CXXX1L      Common  Metre.  [fc] 

Tic  urches  compared, 

THE  Lord  in  Zion  plac'd  his  name, 
His  ark  was  fettled  there  \ 
To  Zion  the  whole  nation  came 
To  worihip  thrice  a  year. 
2  Thither  from  Canaan's  utmoft  CC 
■  favour'd  tribes  refort  \ 
And  God  his  fure  protection  lei 
While  they  approach  his  c. 


PSALMS.  195 

bayc  no  fuch  lengths  to 
Nor  fuch  a  tedious  road  •, 
Where'er  thy  iffemble  now, 

There  is  a  houfe  of  God. 

4  Arife,  O  King  of  grace,  arife, 

And  enter  to  thy  reft  *, 
Lo  thy  church  wai  longing  eyes, 

Thus  to  be  own'd  and  bled. 

5  Enter,  with  all  thy  glorious  train, 

Thy  Spirit  and  thy  word  ; 
All  that  the  ark  did  once  contain 
Could  no  fuch  grace  afTord. 

6  Here,  mighty  God,  accept  our  vows, 

Here  let  thy  praife  be  fpread  ; 

Blefs  the  provisions  of  thy  houfe, 

And  fill  thy  poor  with  bread. 

Watts,  with  Variation. 


jpMm  CXXXIII.      Short  Metre.     [*] 

BLEST  are  tl  :  peace, 

Whofe  h  1  hopes  arc  one  ; 

Whofe  kind  defigns  to  ferve  and  pleaie 

Through  all  their  actions  run  ! 

2  Bleft  is  the  pious  houfe, 

Where  zeal  and  friend  (hip  meet  ; 
Their  fongs  of  praife,  their  mingled  vows 
ke  their  communion  fweet. 

3  Thus  on  tl 

The  faints  are  bleft  above  ; 

peace  like  morning  dew  diftifc, 
/yi\d  all  the  air  is  love. 

Watt*. 


ii)6  PSALM    S. 

l^falm  CXXXIV.    Long  Metre,     [*] 

Daily  and  nightly  Devotion. 

YE  fervants  of  th'  eternal  King, 
Your  grateful  hymns  in  triumph  fcng  \ 
Ye  who  attend  his  court;,  by  day, 
And  in  the  night  your  homage  pay. 

2  Behold  the  fun,  obedient  (till 
To  execute  his  Maker's  will  ! 
The  filver  moon  and  planets  roll, 
In  filence  round  the  glowing  pole. 

3  As  they  difpenfe  their  ileady  rays. 
Like  them  be  conitant  in  his  praife  * 
Like  them,  harmonioufly  join 

To  celebrate  the  hand  divine. 

4  And  may  that  God  whofe  power  has  made 
This  earth,  and  heaven's  wide  arch  difplay'd, 
From  facred  Zion  bid  you  prove 

The  bleiTmgs  of  his  boundiefs  love. 

Partly  from  Mektick. 

Pfalm  CXXXV.     Common  Metre,    m 

Praife  to  the  true  and  living   Cod. 

AWAKE,  ye  faints,  to  praife  your  King  % 
Your  nobleft  pafhons  raife  ; 
The  pious  pleafure,  while  you  ling, 
Increasing  with  the  praife. 
2  Great  is  the  Lord,  and  works  of  might 
His  majefty  declare  ; 
But  Hill  his  faints  are  near  his  Gghtj 
And  find  a  parent's  care. 
j   Heaven,  earth  and  fca  cc;:^Al>  his  hand  j 
He  bids  the  vapours  rife  ; 


P    S    A    L    M    S.  uj7 

JJg]  nd  ftorm,  at  his  command, 

Sweep  through  the  vaulted  ikies. 

4  All  power  that  kings  or  gods  have  claim'dj 

Is  found  with  him  alone  : 
But  heathen  gods  fhculd  ne'er  be  narrAl 
Where  our  Jehovah's  kno\ 

5  Which  of  the  ftocks  or  ftones  they  truft 

Can  give  them  fhowers  of  rain  : 
In  v  pray  to  glittering  dull, 

vain. 

6  But  ye  who  knew  the  living  God, 

Serve  hird  with  holy  fear  ; 
He  makes  his  church  his  bleft  abode, 
And  claims  your  homage  here. 

Watts,  varied. 

Pffllm  CX XXVI.     Lang  Metre. 

uilon,  Providence  and  Grace. 

GIVE  to  cur  God  immortal  praife  ; 
Mercy  and  truth  are  all  his  ways  \ 
Wonders  of  grace  to  God  belong  j 
Repeat  his  mercies  in  your  long. 

Lord  of  lords,  renown, 
The  King  of  kings  with  glory  crown  j 
His  mercies  never  fliall  decay, 
rj  hough  lords  and  kings  fhail  pafs  away, 

j  He  built  the  earth,  he  fpread  the  Iky, 
And  fix'd  the  ftarry  lights  on  high  : 
Wonders  of  grace  to  God  belong, 
Repeat  his  mercies  in  your  {u\ 

4  He  gives  the  fun  his  cheering  light, 
He  I  •  direct  the  night ; 

iv    > 


fy8  P    S    A    L    M    S, 

His  mercies  never  fh all  decay, 

1  hough  funs  and  moons  (hall  pafs  av 

5  He  fent  his  Son  with  power  to  fove 
From  fin  and  darknefs  r.nd  the  grave  •, 
Wonders  of  grace  to  God  belong  ; 
Repeat  his  mercies  in  your  fong. 

6  Through  this  vain  world  cur  feetj 
And  leads  us  to  his  heavenly  feat : 

His  mercies  ever  fhall  endure, 

When  this  vain  world  fhall  be  no  more. 

Watts. 


jpfalm  CXXXV1.  Hallelujah  Metre 

TO  God,  the  mighty  Lord, 
Your  joyful  thanks  rev- 
To  him  due  praife  afford, 
As  good  as  he  is  great. 

For  God  does  prove 

Our  conftant  friend  y 

Ilisboundlefs  love 

Shall  never  end. 
2  To  him,  whofe  wond'rous  powcra 
All  other  gods  obey  ; 
Whom  earthly  kings  adore, 
This  grateful  homage  pay. 

For  God  will  prove 

Our  conftant  friend  ; 

His  boundlefs  love 

Shall  never  ci:d. 

o  By  his  Almighty  h: 

Stupendous  wof  ht  \ 

The  her-  land 

V 

This  God  will  prove 

Cur  coj  n<J  ; 


P    S    A    L    M    S.  109 

His  boundlefc  love 
Shall  never  end. 

4  Through  h 

The  radiant  orbs  of  lig] 
The  fun  to  rule  by  u;.y, 
The  mq< 

This  God  will  prove 

Our  cor  .  rid  ; 

Hi:  boi 

bhall  ne 

5  He  fpread  tl  n  round 

And  made  the  i  id 

Above  the  \  nd. 

This  G 

Our  cci-- 

His  boi  've 

Shall  never  e 

6  He  doth  the  food  fupply, 
On  which  all  creatures  live  ; 
To  God,  who  reigns  on  high, 
Eternal  praifes  gi 

This  God  will  prove 
(  :  pliant  friend  ; 

His  bonndlefs  \o\ 
Shal 

JPfaimCXXXVL  All  Sevens  Metre.  DK] 

The  Perfi  •■  ::  of  Co  J, 

LIFT  your  voice,  and  thankful  fmg 
Praifes  tc  ly  King  ; 

For  his  hlcfir\  tnd, 

mercy  know:  no  end. 


aco  PSALM    S. 

the  Lord  your  only  theme  ; 
Who  of  gods  is  God  fupreme  ; 
3  !e  to  whom  all  lords  befide 
Bow  the  knee,   their  laces  hide. 

3  Who  aflerts  hisjuft  command, 

.  ,dcrs  of  his  hand  ; 
He  whofe  wifdom,  thron'd  on  high, 
Built  the  manfions  of  the  fcy. 

4  He  who  bade  the  watery  deep 
In  appointed  bounds  to  keep, 

d  the  {tars  that  gild  the  pole 
Through  unmeafur'd  ether  roll. 

5  Thee,  O  fun,  whofe  powerful  ray 
Rules  the  empire  of  the  day  ; 
You,  O  moon  and  liars,  whofe  light 
Cheers  the  darknefs  of  the  night. 

6  He  with  food  fuftains,  O  earth, 

All  which  claim  from  thee  their  birth  ; 
For  his  bleffings  wide  extend, 
And  his  mercy  knows  no  end. 

ATfrrick. 

Jpfalm  CXXXYII.  Common  Metre.   M 

(A  new  verhon.) 

Copti 

IT^AR  from  our  friends  and  country  dear^ 
In  hoftile  lands  we  moan  ; 
No  tender  hand  to  wipe  the  tear 
Which  flows  with  every  groan  ! 
2  Cur  foes  infulting  mock  our  grief, 
And  fport  with  our  complaint 
No  nrompts  to  give  relief, 

Though  languid  mifery  fair 


PSALMS. 

3  In  retrofpective  fcenes  employ'd, 

We  think  on  former  days  ^ 
When  peaceful  fabbaths  we  enjoy'd, 
And  all  our  work  was  praife. 

4  But  now,  of  liberty  depriv'dj 

In  folitude  connn'd  ; 
In  vain  we  feek  the  word  of  life, 
To  feed  the  itarving  mind. 

5  To  thee,  O  Lord,  we  lift  our  eye, 

To  thee  our  caufe  commend  *, 
Thou  hear'ft  the  mourning  pris'ner's  figh  ; 
Thou  art  the  fufPrer's  friend. 

6  We  feek  no  vengeance  on  our  foes, 

But  put  our  truft  in  thee  j 
O  let  thy  mercy  interpofe, 
And  fet  thy  captives  free. 

£>felm  CXXXVIII.  Common  Metre.  M 

A  Scvg  cf  Pra'fi. 

TO  thee,  my  God,  my  heart  (hall  bring 
The  lively  grateful  fong  ; 
Attending  crowds  {hall  hear  me  fing 
With  rapture  on  my  tongue. 

2  Amidfl  the  glories  of  thy  name, 

Thy  truth  exalted  mines  ; 
A  faithful  God,  thy  words  proclaim 
In  everlafting  lines. 

3  Th'  eternal  God  looks  kindly  down 

On  pious  humble  fouls  , 
•  But  from  afar  his  piercing  frown 
The  fons  of  pride  controls. 

4  Thou,  Lord,  wilt  all  my  hopes  fulfil  ; 

To  (hce,  the  work  belongs  \ 


2&2  P    S    A    L    M   SL 

Let  endlcfs  mercy  guide  me  ftill, 
And  tune  my  grateful  fongs. 


Mrs.  St  rem. 


PfallttCXXXVIII.     Long  Metre.     [*] 

i  /*£  c//i/  preferring  JMercy. 

WITH  all  my  powers  of  heart  and  tongue, 
I'll  praife  my  Maker  in  my  fong  j 
-  While  holy  zeal  directs  my  eyes 
To  thy  fair  temple  in  the  ikies. 

2  I'll  fing  thy  truth  and  mercy,  Lord  ; 

the  wonders  of  thy  word  ; 
Not  ali  thy  works  and  names  below 
So  much  thy  power  and  glory  fhow. 

3  The  God  of  heaven  maintains  his  ftate, 
Frowns  on  the  impious,  prcud  and  great  \ 
Eat  from  his  throne  defcends  to  fee 
The  ions  of  humble  poverty. 

4  A'T;idit  a  thoufand  in  ares  I  (land* 
Upheld  and  guarded  by  thy  hand  ; 
Thy  words  my  fainting  foul  revive, 
And  keep  my  dying  faith  alive. 

5  Grace  will  complete  what  grace  begins, 
To  fave  from  forrows  or  from  fins ; 
The  work  which  wifdom  undertakes, 
Eternal  mercy  ne'er  for  fakes. 

Watts. 

pfaim  exxxvm.  v.  3, 5. 5.  m.  m 

Spiritual  Strength  and  "Joy. 

MY  foul,  review  the  time, 
In  which  my  God  I  fougljt  ; 
1  cry' J  aloud  for  aid  divine, 

And  aid  divine  he  brought,      N 


P    S    A    L    M    S.  2C3 

2  Through  all  my  fainting  heart, 
His  fecret  vigour  fpread  ; 

To  me  his  ftrength  he  did  impart, 
And  rais'd  my  drooping  head. 

3  Then  will  I  raife  my  voice, 
And  form  a  cheerful  fong ; 

With  all  the  faints  I  will  rejoice, 
Who  to  his  courts  belong. 

4  With  them,  the  path  Til  trace, 
Which  leads  to  his  abode  ; 

And  join  to  Gng  redeeming  grace, 
Along  the  joyful  road. 

5  Here,  flowers  of  paradife        / 
In  rich  profusion  fpring  ; 

There,  Zion's  lofty  towers  arife, 
The  feat  of  Zion's  King. 

6  Within  fhofe  facred  walls, 
I  (hall  be  ever  bleft  ; 

Til  follow  where  my  Father  calls, 
And  feek  his  heav'nly  reft. 

Altered  from  D.  : 

Piaim  CXXXIX.  i  ft  Part.  C.  M.  [ 

ai  Pr-^nce  of  G:  :. 

IN  all  my  vaft  concerns  with  thee, 
i      In  vain  my  foul  would  try 

To  fhun  thy  prefence,  Lord,  o:  flee 
of  thine  ey 
/ounding  fight  furveys 

My 
An 

li 
re  form'd 


2-;  PS    A    L    M    S. 

And  ere  my  lips  pronounce  the  word, 
He  knows  the  fenfe  I  mean. 

4  O  wond'rous  k:  \  deep  and  high  ! 

'iere  can  a  creature  hid  . 
Within  thy  circling  arms  I  lie, 
Befet  en  ev'ry  fide. 

5  So  let  thy  grace  fuiyound  me  f 

And  like  a  bulwark  prove  ; 
To  guard  my  foul  from  every  ill, 
Secur'd  by  fov'reign  love. 

V?AtT% 


pralm  CXXXIX.   2d  Part.     C.  M.  m 

77  • .  ■■  rf  God. 

LORD,  where  (hall  guilty  fouls  retire, 
Forgotten  and  unknown  ? 
In  hell  they  meet  thy  dreadful  ire  ; 
In  heaven  thy  glorious  throne. 

2  Should  I  fupprefs  my  vital  breath, 

T'  efcape  the  wrath  divine  ; 
Thy  voice  would  break  the  bars  of  death, 
And  make  the  grave  refign. 

3  If,  wing'd  with  beams  of  mo:  \\t, 

I  By  beyond  the  weft, 
Thy  hand,  which  mud  fupport  my 
Yrould  foon  betray  my  reft. 

4  If  o'er  my  fins  I  think  to  draw 

The  curtains  of  the  night, 

flamu 
Would  turn  the  (hades  to  • 

5  The  beams  of  noon,  the  n 
to  th 


P    S    A    L    M    S.  20s 

O  miy  I  ne'er  diftruft  that  power 
From  which  I  cannot  flee. 

Watt?. 


Pfaltll  CXXXIX.  3dPart  CM.  C«orb] 

G::/  the  Author  *four  B?ir*. 

GOD  of  my  life,  whofe  bounteous  care 
Fffft  gave  me  power  to  move  ; 
How  (hall  my  grateful  heart  declare 
The  wonders  of  thy  love  ? 

2  Thee  will  I  honour,  fr>r  I  {land 

The  product  of  thy  (kill  ; 
The  wonders  of  thy  forming  hand 
My  admiration  fill. 

3  Whilft  void  of  d  ought  and  fenfe,  I  lay, 

Dull  of  my  parent  earth  ; 
Thy  breath  inf6rmMthe  ileeping  clay, 
And  caird  me  into  birth. 

4  From  thee,  before  my  breath  begun, 

My  lirnl-,  their  fafhion  took  •, 
And  m  continuance,  every  one 
V>ras  written  in  thy  book. 

5  Thine  eye  beheld  in  perfeel  view, 

The  yet  uufimih'd  plan  ; 
Th'  imperfeel  lines   thy  pencil  drew, 
And  form'd  the  future  man. 

6  O  may  this  animated  frame, 

This  work  of  matchlefs  (kill, 
Be  all  devoted  to  thy  name, 
And  love  to  do  thy  will. 

B.  Wiluamj'i  CoII-eclion,  varied 

s 


PSALMS, 
pfalm  CXXXIX.  4th  Part.  C.  M.  [*] 

Pruifefor  temporal  and  f pi  ritual  Mercies, 

ALMIGHTY  Father,  gracious  Lord, 
King  guardian  of  my  days  ; 
My  heart  thy  mercies  would  record, 
In  grateful  fo.ngs  of  praife. 

2  In  life's  fir  11  dawn,  my  tender  frame, 

Was  thy  indulgent  care  ; 
Before  I  could  pronounce  thy  name, 
Or  breathe  my  infant  prayer. 

3  When  reafon  with  my  Mature  grew, 

How  faint  her  brlghteft  ray  ! 
How  little  of  my  God  I  knew  ! 
How  apt  from  thee  to  ftray  ! 

4  When  life  hung  trembling  on  a  breath5 

'  f  was  thine  almighty  love 
That  fav'd  me  from  impending  death, 
And  bade  my  fears  remove. 

5  Hew  many  bleflings  round  me  (hone, 

Where'er  I  turn'd  my  eye  ! 
How  many  pall:  almoft  unknown, 
Or  unregarded,  by  ! 

6  Each  rolling  year  new  favours  brought 

From  thy  exhauftlefs  (lore  ; 
But  ah  !  in  vain  my  lab'ring  thought 
Would  count  thy  mercies  o'er. 

7  Lord,  when  this  mortal  frame  dec: 

And  every  weakiiefs  dies  •, 
Complete  the  wonders  of  thy  gr; 
And  raife  me  to  the  fk;C3. 


P    S    A    L    M    S. 

£  Then  (hall  my  joyful  powers  unite, 
In  more  exalted  lays, 
And  join  the  happy  fons  of  Hglit, 
In  everlafting  prai 

Mrs.  Steele. 

Pialm  CXXX1X.  5thPart.  L.M.W 

The  Formation  ofltbdy  an  J  Soul. 

THOU  God,  by  whole  command  I  live. 
The  tribute  cf  my  praife  receive  I 
To  thee,  O  Lord,  my  life  1  o\v«, 
And  all  my  joys  from  thee  do  flow, 

2  Not  many  funs  have  farm'd  the  year, 
And  roll'd  their  courfes  round  the  lphere, 
Since  thou  my  (hapelefs  duft  furvey'd, 
In  undiftinguiih'd  matter  laid. 

2  Thy  plaftic  hand  my  clay  refin'd, 
Its  particles  in  order  join'd  ; 
And,  to  complete  the  wond'rous  whole, 
Did  (lamp  thine  image  on  my  foul. 

4  A  foul  fufceptiblc  of  joy, 

Which  length  of  time  cannot  deftroy  ; 
Though  nature  claims  my  vital  breath, 
It  bids  defiance  ftill  to  death. 

5  To  realms  cf  blifs  that  foul  will  foar, 
When  earth  and  fides  ftiall  be  no  more  •, 
And  there  in  more  exalted  lays 

Shall  fing  my  great  Creator's  praife. 

Mrs.  Carter,  varied. 

JpCaltn  CXXXIX.  6thPart.  CM 

To  the  Searcher  of  Heat  ts. 

T    ORDj  fhould  I  count  thy  mercies  o'er, 
.%-,.&  How  vail  the  numbers  rife  ! 


208  P    S    A    L    M    S. 

Beyond  the  fands  that  fpread  the  fhorc, 
Or  ftars  that  gild  the  Ikies. 

1  Whene'er  I  clole  my  eyes  to  deep, 

Thefe  thoughts  fhall  foothe  my  red  ; 

And  when  I  wake  they  Rill  mall  keep 
Their  place  within  my  bread. 

3  Before  thine  all  pervading  eyes 

I  would  my  foul  difplay  •, 

I  fcom  to  ufe  the  Jeait  diiguife, 

But  aik  thy  ftridl  furvey. 

4  Does  my  fond  heart  fome  fav'rite  fin 

Within  itfelf  conceal  ! 
O  may  a  beam  of  light  divine 
The  hidden  guilt  reveal. 

5  If  in  the  paths  of  dark  deceit 

My  foul  hath  gone  aftray, 
O  turn  and  guide  my  wand'ring  feet 
In  thy  celeftial  way. 

Partly  from  Doubkilm,:  . 

PfallU  CXL.      Long  Metre,       |>] 

Deliverance  from   Enemies* 

GREAT  God,  our  haughty  foes  repel  •, 
Their  rage  by  power  iuperior  quell  \ 
Save  us  from  their  vindictive  tongue, 
And  guard  us  from  the  hand  of  wrong. 

2  The  tongue,  by  wifdom  unfubdu'd, 
From  blifs  its  owner  fliall  exclude  j 
Definition  follows  fait  behind 
The  feet  to  wickeanefs  iiiclixi'd« 

3  Our  heart  has  known  th<  prepaid 
The  helplef*  and  the  poor  r.o  guard  i 


P    S    A    L    M    S. 

To  (arc  them  from  opprefficn's  jaws, 
And  vindicate  the  injur'd  caufe. 

The  foul,  fubjefled  to  thy  fear, 
With  gratitude  thy  voice  {hall  hear  ; 
Shall  bow  their  wills  to  thy  command, 
And  in  thy  fight  accepted  ftanA 


^^  i 


Praim  CXLI.    Long  Metre.     [ . 

fu'refs  a tt J  broth.' 

LORD,  when  1  call,  make  ha(te  to  hear, 
And  to  my  voice  incline  thine  ear  \ 
So  (hall  my  prayer  like  tficenfe  rife, 
My  lifted  hands  like  Sacrifice, 

2  O  fet  upon  my  lips  a  guard, 

And  let  my  tongue  be  doubly  barrVl  ^ 
Let  not  my  heart  to  vice  inclinej 
Nor  let  my  hand  in  mifchief  join,, 

3  If  e'er  from  wifdenvs  path  I  ilray, 
And  walk  in  fin's  deluilve  way, 
Let  virtue's  friends,  feyerely  kind, 
Reprove  the  errors  of  my  mind. 

'heir  faithful  words  like  ointment  ih-cd, 
Shall  never  bviufe.,  but  heal  my  head  •, 
And  when   1  find  them  prefs'd  with  grief, 
I'll  pray  to  Heav'n  for  their  relief. 

Watts,  Merrick  and  Dexua:j. 

Pfotm  CXLII.      Long  Metre.       p] 

Del  roro, 

TO  thee,  great  God,  I  will  difclofe, 
In  fad  recital,  all  my  woes  ; 
pecaufe  thine  eyes,  witn  fleady  view. 
Through  forrow's  gloom  my  {tcps  purfue* 
5  2 


2io  PSA    L    M    S. 

2  Oil  every  fide  I  cart,  mine  eye, 

But  found  no  friend  or  helper  nigh  ; 
No  lenient  tongue  my  grief  to  en 
No  eye  to  drop  the  facial  tear. 

3  Then,  mighty  God,  to  the      I       y   ', 
In  whom  I  can  my  hopes  i 

Be  thou  my  refuge  while  I  I 
And  when  I  die,  my  foul  rec; :i 

4  Do  thou  my  prifon  door  i 

So  fhall  my  tongue  thy  love  declare  ; 
And  righteous  men  with  me  (hall  join 
To  celebrate  thy  power  divine. 

Watts   and   AIeriuck,  varied. 

jpfaim  CXLIII.      Long  Metre. 

Complaint  and  Hope. 

HEAR,  O  my  God,  with  pity  hear, 
My  humble,  fupplicating  moan  j 
In  mercy  anfwer  all  my  prayer, 
And  make  thy  truth  and  goodnefs  known. 

1  O  let  thy  mercy  ftill  be  nigh  ; 
Should  awful  juitice  frown  fevere, 
Before  the  terror  of  thine  eye, 
What  trembling  mortal  can  appear  ! 

3  I  call  to  mind  the  former  days  ; 
Thine   ancient  works  declare  thy  name, 
Thy  truth,  thy  goodnefs  and  thy  grace  ; 
And  thefe,  O  Lord,  are  ltill  the  fame. 

4  To  thee  I  lift  my  fuppliant  hands, 
To  thee  my  longing  foul  afpires  ; 
As  cheering  fnowers  to  thinly  lands, 
Thy  grace  can  fill  thefe  (Irong  defires. 

C  Speak  to  my  heart  *,  the  gloomy  night 
Shall  vaniflij  and  bright  morning  break  ; 


P    S    A    L    M    St  -in 

In  thee  I  truft,  my  guide,  my  i  e 
Teach  me  the  path  my  feet  mould  ta 
6  Teach  me  to  do  thy  faered  will  ; 

Thou  art  my  God,  my  hope,  my  flay  ; 
Let  thy  good  Spirit  lead  me  {till, 
And  point  the  fafe,  the  upright  way. 

Mrs.  Stzelft. 

jy>ialm  CXLIV.     Long  Metre.    [bor^J 

Divine  Prctctfion,  Pace  end  Plenty, 

DESCEND  from  heaven,  Almighty  Lord, 
And  earth  (hall  tremble  at  thy  word  > 
The  fmoking  hills,  with  confekma  fear, 
Shall  own  their  fov'reign  Maker  near. 

2  Whilft  thy  keen  pointed  lightnings  fly 
Like  flaming  arrows  through  the  Iky  \ 
Our  foes  difpers'd  (hall  rife  no  more, 
Nor  dare  the  terrors  of  thy  power. 

3  O  let  thy  potent  arm  control 

Thefe  threat'niftg  waves  that  round  us  roll ; 
Thefe  fons  of  vanity  that  rife, 
With  fraudful  hands  and  impious  lies. 
\  Then  (hall  our  fons,  beneath  thy  care, 
Grow  up  like  plants  erect  and  fair  -, 
Our  daughters  {hall  like  pillars  rife, 
Where  fplendid  buildings  charm  die  eyes. 

5  Then  plenty  fliall  cur  (tores  increafe, 
.Plenty,  the  lovely  child  of  peace  ; 

The  flock  its  fleecy  wealth  (hall  yield, 
And  pour  its  thoufands  o'er  the  field. 

6  The  well  fed  ox  (hall  then  afford 
Trlis  cheerful  labours  to  his  lord  ; 

No  more  mail  fons  of  plunder  reign, 
Nor  fons  of  raifery  complain* 


£{2  PSALMS. 

7  O  happy  people  !  favoured  ft?.te  ! 
Whom  fuch  peculiar  bleflihgs  wait  ; 
Happy  who  on  the  Lord  depend, 
TIku  help,  their  guardian  knd  their  friend. 

Mrs.  Stelle. 


JPfalm  CXLV.     iftEart.     C.  M.  IV 

"The  divine  perfections  end  I 

HEE  will  I  bid's,  my  God  and-King* 
Thy  eiidlefs  praife  procLim  •, 
This  tribute  daily  will  I  bring, 
And  eucr  blefs  thy  name, 
a.  Thou,  Lord,  an  ry  great* 

And  highly  to  be  pvais'd  ; 
Thy  mkywbfi  with  boui 

Above  our  knowledge  rais'd. 

3  RendwnM  for  mighty  acts,  thy  fame 

To  future  time  extends  ; 
From  ag«  :3  thy  glorious  name 

ccefiivcly  defcends. 

4  ^he  fathers  to  the  liftening  youth 

SfcaM  teach  thy  \\  oud'rous  ways  ; 
Ages  to  come  pfoclqim  thy  truth, 
And  nations  found  thy  praife. 

5  Thy  glorious  deals  of  ancient  d?tc 

il  through  the  world  be  kfiov 
Thine  arm  of  power,  thy  heav'nly  i;. 
With  public  fplendor  ihewn. 
6.  The  world  is  govern'd  by  thy  hands, 
y  faints  are  rufd  by  love  ; 
And  thine  eternal  kingdom  itands, 
f hough  |  hills  remove. 


p    S    A    L    K5   8. 
];f>fdm  CXLV.   Sec.  Part.    C.  M. 

Divine  Got  inefs. 

CI  RE  AT  is  the  Lord  !  our  forifipadore  ! 
X      We  wbtfder  while  we  pfai 
Thy  power,  what  creature  cdii  explore, 
Or  equal  honours  raifc  ? 

a  Thv  name  fhall  riwdl  upon  my  tdl  | 
While  funs  ihaii  fet  and  rife  , 
And  tune  my  everiaftitig  I   tig 
In  realms  beyond  the  ikies. 

3  Thy  praife  fhall  be  my  conftant  theme, 

The  wonders  of thy  power  ; 
I'll  fpeak  the  honours  of  thy  name, 
And  bid  the  workTadorc. 

4  But  fweetly  flowing  {trains  (hall  tell 

The  riches  of  thy  grace  j 
And  fongs  of  graceful  joy  reveal 
Thy  fpotlefs  righteoufnefs. 

5  How  large  thy  tender  mercies  are  ! 

How  wide  thy  grace  extends  ! 
On  thy  beneficence  and  care 
The  univcrfe  depends. 

6  To  thee,  O  Lord,  for  djily  meat, 

Thy  creatures  lift  t-ffcir  eves  ;         * 
On  thee,  their  common  Father,  wait  > 
From  thee  receive  fuppiies. 

7  Thy  fov'rcign  bounty  freely  give^ 

From  thine  exhauitlefs  Itore  -9 
And  univerfal  nature  lives 
On  thy  fuftaining  power. 

5  Holy  and  juft  in  all  its  ways, 
Is  Providence  divine  ; 


%U  P   S    A   L    M    5. 

In  a1.!  thy  works,  immortal  jrays 

Of  powci  o chiefs  Ihine. 

'Mrs.  Stf.tt^. 

pfalin  CXLV.    Third  Part.  C.  M.  [«3 

tr  and  Cox. 

GREAT  God,  while  nature  ipeaks  thy  praife3 
.  r.um'rous  tongues, 
Thy  faints  fhall  tune  diviner  lays, 
And  love  infpire  their  longs. 

2  Thy  power  and  goodnefs  they  fhall  fing, 

The  glories  of  thy  reign  •, 
Thy  wond'rous  deeds,  Almighty  King, 
Shall  fill  the  rapturd  ftrain. 

3  Thy  kingdom,  Lord,  forever  (lands, 

While  earthly  thrones  decay  ; 
And  time  fubmits  to  thy  commands. 
While  ages  roll  away, 

4  He  that  invokes  the  God  of  grace, 

Shall  find  him  ever  near  •, 
To  all  who  humbly  feek  his  face 
lie  lends  a%itying  car. 

5  He  knows  the  pain  his  fcrvants  feel  \ 

He  hears  his  children  cry; 
And  their  beft  wiflies  to  fulfil, 
His  grace  is  ever  nigh. 

6  His  mercy  never  fhall  remove 

From  men  of  heart  fincere  ; 
He  laves  the  fouls  whofe  humble  love 
Is  joiivd  with  holy  fear. 

7  His  praife,  a  moil  delightful  theme, 

U  fill  my  heart  and  tongue  ; 
Let  all  creation  blefs  his  name 

In  one  eternal  long. 

Wat  is  and  Steeli, 


HALMS.  215 

Pfalm  CXLVI.     Long  Metre.    M 

tf§  Trufl  in  island  but    . 

~T^HE  praifes  of  my  God  and  King; 

X  While  I  have  life  and  breath  to  fing, 
Shall  fill  my  heart,  and  tune  my  tongue, 
Till  heaven  improve  the  blifsful  fong. 

>  No  more  in  princes  will  I  truft  ! 
Vain  man,  thou  art  but  air  and  duft  ! 
With  all  thy  pride,  and  all  thy  power, 
The  helplefs  creature  of  an  hour  ! 

;  He  breathes,  he  thinks,  but  toon  he  dies  ! 
No  more  the  potent  or  the  wife  ; 
The  fcheme  his  morning  thoughts  begun 
Is  loft  before  the  letting  fun. 

\  Happy  the  man  whofe  hopes  divine 
On  nature's  guardian  God  recline  *, 
Who  can  with  facred  tranfport  fay, 
This  God  is  mine,  my  help,  my  ftdy. 

;  Heaven,  earth  and  fea  declare  his  name, 
He  built,  he  fill'd  their  fpacious  frarrie  ; 
And  o'er  creation's  faireft  lines 
His  ftedfalt  truth  unchanging;  (nines. 

3  His  jufiice  looks  on  thofe  who  mourn 
Beneath  the  proud  oppreflbr's  fcorn  ; 
The  hungry  poor  his  hand  fuftains, 
And  breaks  the  wretched  captive's  chains, 

\  If  weary  Grangers  friendlefs  roam. 
Divine  protection  is  their  home  \ 
The  Lord  relieves  the  widow's  care, 
And  dries  the  helplefs  orphan's  tear. 

\  The  Lord  (hall  reign  forever  King, 
And  age  to  age  his  glory  fing  \ 
Thy  God,.0  happy  Zipn,  reigns, 
Refound  his  praife  in  lofty  (trains. 

Mrs.  Step.: z, 


p  f,4  l  a  s. 

gMfetffl  CXLVI.     5/.v  £«»  £.  M. 

Pr'tf'   fot  -     *• 

"Y'LL  praifc  my  Maker,  with  my  rrcath, 
•^  JL    And  when  my  voice  is  loft  in  death, 

Praife  (hall  employ  my  nobler  powers  ; 
My  days  of  praife  flirfU  ne'er  he  paft, 
While  life  and 'thought  and  being  hft, 
(Ji  immortality  eikhurt 

-r2  Why  ihould  T  riiake  a  man  my  trull  •? 
Princes  mult  die  and  tuvn  to  duft  ; 

Vain  is  the  help  of  ftefli  and  blood  ; 
Their  breath  departs,  their  pomp  and  power 
And  thoughts  all  vanifh  in  an  hour, 

Nor  can  they  make  their  p.  ^od. 

3  Happy  the  man  wh 

On  IfraeFs  Cod  who  made  the  iky, 

And  eaith  and  feas,  with  all  their  train  ; 

His  truth  fotever  (lands  fecure  ; 

He  faves  th'  opprelVd,  he  feeds  the  poor, 
And  none  (hall  firtd  his  promife  vaixw 

4  The  Lord  hath  eye?  to  give  the  blind  -r 
The  Lord  fupporfs  the  linking  mind; 

He  fends  the  lab'ring  coniciencc  peace  ; 
He  helps  the  Granger  in  diftrefd* 
The  widow  and  the  faflierlefs, 

And  grants  the  pris'ner  fweet  rcleafe. 

5  He  loves  his  faints,  he  knows  them  well, 
His  love  their  joyful  lips  ihall  tell  : 

Thy  God,  O  Zion,  ever  reigns: 
Let  every  tongue,  let  every  age 
In  this  delightful  work  engage  ; 

Praife  him  in  overtoiling  (trains. 


P  £    A    L    M   £  it) 

• ':  him  whilft  he  lend:  me  breath, 
And  when  my  voice  is  loft  in  death, 

Praiie  (hall  employ  iriy  .,r,vc:c  : 

JMy  days  of  praiie  fliall  ne'er  be  pad, 
While  life  and  thought  and  being  laft, 
Or  immortality  endure:, 

W  ■  ~ 

Pfafni  C XL VI [.     tern.  Metre.    foj 

WITH  fohgs  and  honour  jig  loud, 

Addrefs  the  Lord  on  hip- 
Over  the  heavens  he  (preaas  his  cloud, 
And  v/atcrs  veil 

2  He  fends  his  (bowers  of  bleihng  down, 

To  cheer  the  plains  bde 
He  makes  the  wood  the  mountains  crow 
And  grafs  in  vahics  grow. 

3  He  gives  the  grazing  ox  hi-:  meat  j 

He  hears  the   raven's  cry  -? 
But  man  who  taftes  his  fineff  wheafj 
Should  raiie  his  honours  high. 

4  His  deady  counfels  change-the  1 

Of  the  declining  year  ; 
He  bids  the  fun  cut  fliori  his  r; 
And  wintry  days  appear. 

5  His  hoary  froaft,  his  fleecv  frioW 

Dcfcend  and  clc  i  ; 

The  liqiii 
In  i 

4 

^  When,  from  his  dreadful  ("ores  en  high. 
He  pours  the  rattling  hail, 
The  man  who  dares  his  God  defy, 
Shall  find  his  courage  fail, 

T 


2i8  r    S    A    L    M    S. 

7  lie  fends  his  fun  to  melt  the  fnow, 

The  fields  no  longer  mourn  •, 
He   calls  the  warmer  winds  to  blow, 
And  bids  the  Spring  return. 

8  The  changing  wind  the  flying  cloud 

Obey  his  fov 'reign  word  ; 
With  fongs  and  honours  founding  loud, 
Praife  ye  th'  Almighty  Lord. 

Watts. 


'jpMm  CXLVII.  ift  Part.  L.  Metre.m 

'The-  Beauties  of  Natur:. 

SING"  to  the  Lord,  let  praife  infpire 
The  grateful  voice,  the  tuneful  lyre  ; 
In  {trains  of  joy  proclaim  abroad 
The  endlefs  glories  of  our  God. 
a  He  counts  the  hofts  of  (tarry  flames  ; 
He  knows  their  natures  and  their  names  ; 
Great  is  our  God  !  his  wond'rous  pow'r 
And  boundlefs  wiidom  we  adore. 

3  He  veils  the  fky  with  treafur'd  fhowers, 
On  earth,  the  plenteous  blefling  pours  \ 
The  meadows  fmile  in  lively  green, 
And  fairer  blooms  the  flowery  feene. 

4  His  bounteous  hand,  great  fpring  of  good,. 
Provides  the  brute  creation  food  ; 

He  feeds  the  ravens  when  they  cry, 
All  nature  lives  beneath  his  eye. 

5  In  nature,  what  can  him  delight, 
Moil  lovely  in  its  Maker's  fight  I 
Not  a£tive  itrcngth  his  favour  moves, 
Nor  comely  form  he  belt  approves. 


PSALM    S.  219 

6  Hut  to  the  Lord  is  ever  dear, 

The  heart  where  he  i  sdr  ; 

The  fouls  who  on  his  grace  rely 


Are  ever  lovely  in  his  e/e. 


$>falm  CXLVII.   2d  Part.    L.  M. 

The  St 

PRAISE  ye  the  Lord  !  Oh  biifsful  theme, 
To  Bng  the  honours  of  his  name  ! 
Tis  ple&iure,  'tis  divine  deli| 
And  praife  is  lovely  in  hi:  fight. 

2  He  (peaks*  and,  fwiftly  from  the  ties 

To  earth,  the  fov'reign  mandate  nies  \ 
Obfervant  nature  hears  the  word. 

And  bows,  obedient  to  her  Lord. 

.   Now  thick  defic  low 

O'er  earth  a  fleecy  mantle  tbrov 
Nc-  rod,  o'er  all  the  plains 

Ex.  ■      .  jrfal  chains. 

:  ftorms  of  icy  hail, 
The  Ihivering  powers  of  nature  fail  \ 
Before  his  cold,  what  life  can  (land, 
Unihelterd  by  his  guardian  hand  ? 

5  He  fpeaks,  the  fiiow  ;  bey, 
And  nature's  fetters  melt  away  ; 

>w  venial  gales  foft 
I  liquid  waters  gently  flow. 

6  Sing  to  the  Lord,  let  praife  infj 

The  grateful  voice,  the  tuneful  lyre  ; 
In  it;  .claim  ab 

endlefs  glories  oi  our  G 


2ir>  P    S     A    L    M    S. 

POiIni  CXLVIII.  ift  Pare.  C.  IvL 

P1:'-  USE  v-  the  Lord, immortal  choir, 
IS  a'oovc  ; 
Praift  him  who  form'd  you  of  his  fire, 

And  :u  With  his  love. 

-  his  praife,  ye  cryftal  Q 
The  floor  of  his  abode  \ 
Or  veil  t\\^  luftre  of  your  eves 
ore  a  brighter  Cod. 

3  Thou  central  globe  of  golden  li 

Whofe  beams  create  our  days  ; 
Join  with  the  - 

To  own  your  borrow  d  rays. 

4  Blufhand  refund  the  honours 

To  your  inferior  names  ; 

blind  world  your  orbs  are  I 
By  his  exhauftlefs  flames. 

5  Wind:,  y£  (hall  bear  his  name  alot 

ough  the  etherial  blue  ! 

For  when  his  chariot  is  a  cloud, 

He  makes  his  wheels  of  y< 

id  hail,  and  fire  ana' 

The  troops  of  his  command, 

Appear  in  all  your  awful  forms. 

And  fpeak  his  potent;  hand. 

w.. 


ralm   CXLVJfl.  2d  Part.    CM 

SHOUT  to  the  Lord,  ye  furging  feas, 
In  y  I     rial  roar  ; 

Let  v 

Anl  (bore  n 


P    S    A    L    M    S.  2zi 

2  While  fillies,  fporting  on  the  flood, 

In  fcaly  Giver  fliine  ; 

Proclaim  their  mighty  Maker,  God, 
Amidft  the  foaming  brine. 

3  But  gentler  things  fhall  tun  :  his  name 

To  fofter  notes  than  thcfe  - 
Young  zephyrs  breathing  o'er  the  ftream, 
Or  wiiifpering  through  the  trees. 

4  Wave  your  tall  lie  ads,  ye  lofty  pines, 

To  him  who  makes  you  grow  ; 
Sweet  clufters  bend  the  fruitful  vines. 

On  every  thankful  bough. 
J   Let  the  fhrill  birds  his  honour  raiit, 

And  climb  the  morning  fky  ; 
Whilft  grov'ling  beads  attempt  his  praife 

In  hoarfer  harmony. 
6  Thus  while  the  meaner  creatures  fing, 

Ye  mortals  take  the  found  ; 
Eeho  the  glories  of  your  King 

Through  all  the  nations  round. 

Watts. 

Pfalm  CXLVIII.  i  ft  Part.  L.M.    [#] 

FAIREST  of  all  the  lights  above, 
Thou  fun,  whofe  beams  adorn  the  fpheres, 
And  with  unwearied  fwiftnefs  move, 
To  form  the  circles  of  our  years  : 

2  Praife  the  Creator  of  the  flcies, 
Who  drefs'd  thine  orb  in  golden  rays  •, 
Or  may  the  fun  forget  to  rife, 

If  he  forget  his  Maker's  praife. 

3  Thou  reigning  beauty  of  the  night, 
Fair  cjueen  of  iilence,  filver  moon. 

T  Z 


I     8    A    L 

pfe  gentle  beards  and  borrov/d  li 
ivals  of  the  noon  : 
4   Arife,  and  to  that  fov'reign  Power 

Who  bade  t]  urs, 

And  h  4fJ 
c;  Ye  glitt'ring  ftai  Les, 

\\  '  has  its  curtain  drawn, 

A tv!  y    -.j ful  eyes, 

V,  hen  bufiftef  day  are  gone  : 

>ries  of  your  Lord, 
Difpers'd  through  ail  the  heavenly  ftreet, 
VVhofe  louudlels  treafiires  djii 

: 
God  c^  gl 
Thou  art  our  fun  I  ays  ; 

ling  works  abo1 


cxlvjii.  ••"■  :v...:.  l.  J':.  :.  ; 

AWAKE,  ye  tempeftsj  i 
In  found j  of  dreadful  praife  deelare  ; 
Whi 
Fills  ever 

2  Let  clouds,  and  winds,  and  waves  agree 

i\j  join  re  j 

In 

3  Y  all  : 

n  every  1 


V    S    A    L    M    S. 

inborn  oaks,  and  flat. 

.  our  high  branches,  and  adore  ; 

.  bcatls,  in  different  (trains  , 
dl  bleat,  the  lion  roar. 
5  13 1  tall  make  his  praife  - 

Nati  a  fong  from  you  ; 

.la  the  dumb  fifh  that  cut  the  (lit 
;  and  mean  his  praifes  too. 
Is,  can  you  refrain  your  tongue, 
When  Nature  all  around  you  lings  ? 
O  for  a  ihout  from  old  and 
-  j-n  humble  fwaina  and  lefty  kinjs  ! 
n  Wide  as  his  \  inion  lies, 

Make  the  Creator's  name  be  known  ; 
Loud  as  his  thunder  fhdut  his  praife. 
And  found  it  lofty  as  his  throne. 
3  Jehovah  !  tis  a  glorious  word  ! 
O  may  it  dwell  on  every  tongue  ! 
But  thole  who  bed  have  k  be  Lord, 

Are  bound  to  raife  the  nobleft  fong. 

^  Watt:. 


pMm  cxlviii.    Sfo  [r 

LET  every  creature  join 
To  praife  tlf  eternal  God  °y 
Ye  heavenly  holt,  the  fong  begin, 
•   And  found  his  name  abrc 
fhou  fun,  with  golden  beams, 
And  moon,  with  paler  i\ 
Ye  B  ts,  ye  twii 

Shine  to  your  Maker's  pra' 
j  He  built  thofe  worlds  above, 

I  hVd  their  wemd'rous  frame  , 


:24  P    S    A    L    M    S. 

By  his  command,  they  (land  or  mo\ 
And  ever  fpc  \  me. 

4  Ye  vapours,  when  ye  rife, 
Or  fall  in  fhowers,  or  lnow, 

Ye  thunders  murm'ring  round  the  Ikies, 
His  power  and  glory  mow. 

5  Wind,  hail  and  flaming  fire, 
Agree  to  praife  the  Lord, 

When  ye  in  dreadful  ftorms  confpire 
To  execute  his  word. 

6  By  all  his  works  above, 
His  honours  be  exprefs'd  ; 

But  they  who  taftc  his  faving  love, 
Should  fing  his  praife6  belt. 

Watts. 

JPfaim CXLVIII.  ib  Hallelujah  Met 

U /liver fa  I  Praife. 

YE  bcundlefs  realms  of  joy  ! 
Exalt  your  Maker's  fame  > 
His  praife  your  fong  employ, 
Above  the  ft  any  frame. 
Ye  holy  throng  Of  angels  bright, 

In  worlds  of  light,     Begin  the  fong. 

2  Thou  fun,  with  dazzling  rays, 
Thou  moon  that  rules  the  night  ; 
Shine  to  your  Maker's  praife, 
With  ftars  of  feebler  light. 

His  praife  declare,  Ye  heavens  above, 

And  clouds  that  move     In  liquid  air. 

3  Let  them  adore  the  Lord, 
And  praife  his  holy  name  ; 
By  whofe  almighty  word, 
They  all  from  nothing  came. 


P    S    A    L    M    S. 

|  all  fhall  led,     From  changes  free  ; 
His  firm  decree         Stands  ever  raft. 
a       He  mov'd  their  mighty  wheels, 
In  unknown  ages  paft  ; 
And  each  his  word  fid  I 
'hiie  time  and  nature  kit. 
In  different  ways,  His  works  procla 

His  wond'rous  name,      And  (peak  Us  praife* 
K       United  zeal  be  mown, 

His  wond'rous  fame  to  raife, 
Whofe  glorious  name  alone 
Deferves  our  endlefs  praife. 
Earth's  utmoft  ends       f  iio  power  pbe 
His  glorious  fway  The  iky  ttan 

0       Virgins  and  youths  engage, 
To  found  his  praife  divine  , 
While  infancy  and  age 
Their  feeblei  voices  join. 
Wide  as  he  reigns,       His  name  be  i  q 
By  every  tongue,         In  endtefi 
7       Let  all  the  nations  fear 

The  God  who  rules  above  ; 
He  brings  his  people  near, 
And  makes  them  tafte  his  love. 
While  earth  and  iky     Attempl  ife, 

His  faints  fhall  raife       His  hoi 

Tate  and  Wai 

Ididm  CXLVIII.  ad  Hallelujah  M 

JPfoi/kfiom  oil  tl 

FIRST    I 

TO  your  Creator,  God, 
Your  great  Prefen  er;  raife. 
Ye  creatures  of  his  hand, 
Your  Iygheft  notes  of  praife. 


226  P    S    A    L    M    S. 

Let  ev'ry  voice         Proclaim  his  power, 
His  name  adore,       And  loud  rejoice. 

2  Let  all  creation  join, 
To  pay  the  tribute  due  ; 

Ye  heavenly  holts  begin, 

And  we  (hall  learn  of  you. 
Let  nature  raife,       From  every  tongue, 
A  general  fong         Of  grateful  praife. 

3  Thou  fource  of  light  and  heat, 
Bright  ruler  of  the  day. 
Diipe-.ifmg  bleilings  round, 
With  all  dirrufive  ray  : 

From  morn  to  night,     With  every  beam, 
Record  his  name,  Who  gave  thee  light. 

4  Thou  moon  in  radiance  mild, 
With  all  thy  (tarry  train, 
Which  rife  in  thining  hofts, 
To  gild  th'  etherial  plain  : 

With  countlefs  rays,       Declare  his  name, 
Prolong  the  theme,         Reflect  his  praife. 

5  Ye  clouds,  or  fraught  with  ihowers, 
Or  ting'd  with  various  dyes, 
That  pour  your  bleflitigs  down, 

Or  charm  our  gazing  eyes  : 
His  goodnefs  fpeak,     His  praife  declare, 
As  through  the  air       Y^ou  thine  or  break. 

6  Yre  winds,  that  {hake  the  world, 
With  tern  pelts  on  your  wing, 
Or  breathe  in  gentle  gales, 

To  waft   the  frniling  ipring  : 
Proclaim  aloud,         As  you  fulfil 
His  fov'reign  will,     The  powerful  G 


PSALMS.  :27 

SECOND    PART. 

Ye  rivers,  as  ye  flow, 

Convey  your  Maker's  name, 

Where'er  you  winding  rove 

On  every  filver  ftream. 
Your  cooling  flood,      His  hand  ordains, 
To  blefs  the  plains  ;     Great  fpring  of  good  1 

Ye  numerous  bleating  flocks, 

Far  fpreading  o'er  the  plain, 

With  gentle  artlefs  voice, 

Afiiil  the  humble  ft  rain. 
To  give  you  food,     He  bids  the  field 
Its  verdure  yield,       Exteniive  good. 

Ye  herds  of  nobler  fize, 

Who  graze  in  meads  below  ; 

Refound  your  Maker's  praife, 

In  each  refponfive  low. 
You  wait  his  hand  ;     The  herbage  grows* 
The  riv'let  flows  At  his  command. 

Ye  feather'd  warblers,  come, 

And  bring  your  fweeteft  lays  ; 

And  tune  the  fprightly  ibng 

To  your  Creator's  praife. 
His  work  you  are,     He  tun'd  your  voice, 
And  you  rejoice         Beneath  his  care. 

THIRD    PART. 

Ye  trees  which  form  the  (hade, 

Or  bend  the  loaded  bough 

With  fruits  of  fweeteft  tafte, 

Your  Maker's  bounty    (how. 
From  him  you  rcfe,     Your  vernal  fuits 
And  autumn  fruits     His  hand  bellows. 


.'Ids, 

In  all  your  gi  ly, 

Though  Glent,  fp  rak  his  praife 

Who  makes  you  bright  and 
While  we  in  you,     With  future  brc: 
Profufeiy  fprcc.d,      His  goodnefs  ric 

Ye  flowers,  which  bloom  around 
A  thoufand  beauteous  dyes, 
Your  fragrarit  odours  breathe, 
A  grateful  facrince  : 
him  whofe  word        Gare  all  your  bloom. 
And  fwe  ne  ;     All  bounteous  Lord  ! 

But,  O,  from  hun  ;;es 

And  eve 

With  warm  devotion  gi 

:,      Ye  highly  bled, 
Abe  Declare  his  prai, 

Affift  me,  gracicnts  God, 
•  heart,  my  voiqe  i 
n  (Hall  I  grateful  join 
univetfal  choir. 
-~  grace  can  raife 
And  tune  my  fong      To  lively  praife. 

Mrs.  Stv 


J^falttl  CXLVIIL  P  \r  Metre.  [ 

BEGIN",  my  foul,  th'  y  ; 

Let  each 

And  pr  e  ; 

!  heay'n,  nud  -  ies, 

me. 


S    A    L    M    3. 

i'  adoring  throngs 

His  i  rev  ling  ; 

Let  every  lift  i  .::  ahove, 

foul  of  love, 

..in. 

*ns,  Lis  v^ft  at 
Yc  clcftids,  procla  ::,  God> 

Ye  thmders,  fpeak  his  power  ; 

on  the  1: 

Tn'  aftc 

4  Ye  deep 9,  with  foari  e, 

To  join  the  I  i:9 

Praifeh: 

are, 

:.:r? 
And  breathe  it 

eigV 
Ye  : 
riarmc  -  Le  ; 

To  him  ' 

"Who  t 

: 


23o  P    a    A    L    M    S. 

pfalmcxLix.  r 

That 

O   PRAISE  ye  r 
Prepare  your' glad  ?oi    -; 

His  praife  in  the  \ . 
Afiembly  to  fmg. 
In  their  great  Creator 
Let  all  men  rejoice, 
And  heirs  of  falvation 
Be  glad  in  their  King. 

2  Let  them  his  great  name 
Devoutly  adore  ; 

In  loud  fwelling  drains 
His  praifes  exprefs, 
Who  gracioufly  opens 
His  bountiful  (lore. 
Their  wants  to  relieve,  and 
His  children  to  blefs. 

3  With  glory  adorn'd, 
His  people  (hall  fing 
To  God,  who  defence 
And  plenty  fupplit 
Their  loud  acclamations 
To  him  their  great  King, 
Through  earth  (hall  be  founded, 
And  reach  to  the  ikies. 

4  Ye  angels  above, 

His  glories  who've  fung, 

In   loftieft   notes, 

Now  publifli  his  praife  : 

We  mortals  ck 

Would  borrow  your  tongue  ; 

Would  join  in  your  nu 

And  chant  to  your  la] 


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E    S    A    L    M    S.  231 

Pfalm  CL.      Long  Metre.       [#] 

Pra'>fe. 

RAISE  ye  the  Lord,  let  praife  employ. 
In  his  own  courts,  your  fongs  of  joy  j 
The  fpacious  firmament  around 
Shall  echo  back  the  joyful  found. 

2  Recount  his  works  in  drains  divine-, 

His  wond'rous  works,  how  bright  they  ihine  ! 
Praife  him  for  all  his  mighty  deeds, 
Whofe  greatnefs  all  your  praife  exceeds, 

3  Awake  the  trumpets  piercing  found, 
To  fpread  your  facred  pleafure  round  •, 
While  fofter  mulic  tunes  the  lute, 
The  warbling  harp,  the  breathing  flute. 

4  Ye  virgin  train,  with  joy  advance, 
To  praife  him  in  the  graceful  dance ; 
Awake  each  voice,  and  (hike  each  firing, 
And  to  the  folemn  organ  fmg. 

5  Let  the  loud  cymbal  found  en  high, 
To  fofter,  "deeper  notes  reply  ; 
Harmonious  let  the  concert  rife, 
And  bear  the  raptyite  to  the  Ikies. 

6  Let  all  whom  life  and  breath  infpire 
Attend  and  join  the  blifsful  choir  ; 
But  chiefly  ye  who  know  his  word, 
Adore,  and  love,  and  praife  the  Lord  ! 

Mrs.   Stesl?:. 


£ND  CF  THE  TSALMS. 


ALPHABETICAL    INDEX    of    the 
FIRST  LINES  of  the  PSALMS, 

REFERRING     TO  THE    PAGES. 


A- 


Psge. 


.LMIGHTY  Father,  gracious  Lord       206 

Almighty  RuTer  of  the  fkies  147 

:  gods  there's  none  like  thee  117 

And  will  the  God  of  grace  1 1 1 

And  will  the  great  eternal  God  1 17 

Aproach,  ye  pioufly  difpos'd  53 

Arife,  my  tender  thoughts,  arife  174 

As  pants  the  hart  for  cooling  dreams  65 

As  fliowers  on  meadows  newly  mown  100 

Attend,  O  earth,  when  God  declares  8 

Awake,  my  foul,  to  hymns  of  praiie  146 

Awake,  ye  faints,  to  praiie  your  King  196 

Awake,  ye  tempefts,  and  his  fame  25  8 

BEFORE  Jehovah's  awful  throne  138 

\    Before  the  hills  in  order  ltood  125 

Begin,  my  foul,  th'  exalted  lay  228 

Id,  O  God,  bow  cruel  foes  107 

Behold  the  corner  (tone  170 

Behold  the  fool,  whole  heart  denies  7? 

Behold  the  love,  the  generous  love  54 

Id  the  morning  fun  32 

Behold  the  rifing  dawn  appear  185 

Beneath  God's  terrors  doom'd  to  groan  158 

Beneath  my  God's  protecting  arm  46 

Blefs  God,  O  my  foul  149 

Blefs,  G  my  foul,  the  living  God  J42 

JHeft  are  $ie  fons  of  peace  195 


I     N     I)     E     X. 

are  the  fouls  who  hear  and  1: 
is  the  man  wl 
Bleft  is  the  man  v  ler  care 

ian  who  ftriins  the  pi 

COME  let  our  fouls  addref  the  Lord 
Come,  O  ye  faints,  your  v. 
found  his  praife  abroad 
Confider  all  my  {arrows,  Lord 
t  AVID  rejoie'd  i  . 
Deep  in  our  hearts  let 
Defcend  from  heav'n,  al 


E. 


fARLYmy  God,  i  day 

FAIREST  of  all  the  ibove 

Far  from  our  I 
Father,  I  blefs  thy  gentle  hand 
Father,  I  ling  thy  wond'rous  grace 
Firm  was  my  healthj  my  day  was  bri 
Fools  in  their  hearts  believe  and  fay 
Forever  (hall  my  long  record 
For  thee,  O^God,  our  conftant  praife 
From  age  to  age  exalt  his  name 
From  deep  diftrefs  and  troubled  :. 
From  thee,  great  Lord  of  life  and  death 
From  Zton's  hill  my  help  defcends 
IVE  ear,  ye  children,  to  my  law 
Give  thanks  to  G< 
Give  thanks  to  God,  in  . . 
Give  to  the  ^ord,  ye  ions  o[  fame 
Give  to  our  God  immortal  praife 
pod  in  the  great  affembly  ft^nds 
God  is  our  refuge  in  diftrefs 
God  is  the  Lord,  tlie  heavenly  King 


I     N    D     E     X. 

God  of  eternal  love  156 

God  of  my  life,               >ounteous  c  205 
God  of  cur  ftrength,  to  thee 

perfect  1  .  -  foul 

Grear  is  the  Lord  our  God 

Great  is  the  Lord,  our  fo  213 

Great  God,  attend  my  humble  call  96 

Great  C           tend  while  Zion  fings  1  1 1 

Great  God,  ind                 humble  cl  8$ 
Great  God,  our  haughty  foes  repel 
Great  G<)d,  the  heaVens  well  ordered  frame       31 

Great  God,  while  nature  fpeaksthy  pfaife  214. 

1,  whofe  univerfal  1  9$ 

Ruler  of  the  earth  and  ikies  67 

Great  Shepherd  of  thine  lirael  ic8 

HAD  not  the  Lord,  may  Ifracl  fay 

Happy  the  nation  where  the  Lpi  52 

Hear,  0  my  God,  with  pity  h  210 

Hear                                     ihon  faid  1 2 1 

H^P*                                          -  fail  1  8 

)  fe  fins  h  a  v  c  p  ar d  o n  g a  1  n '  d  ^  o. 

in  rhe  heavens,  eternal  God  5 '5 

Howbleft  are  they                  ays  keep  171 
my  heart  rejoice 

long,  O  Lord,  (hall  wicked  men,  131 

How  long                                           /ace  19 

191 

J                                                      Am  5  , 

It  G                                       leny  190 

ath  216 

2C3 

In  an  13 

Incumbe:.  27 

Inch  ijra 


I     N    D    1. 
In  God,  moft  holy  j 

3 

Is  there  ambition  in  my  h< 

I  fet  the  Lord  befor 

It  is  the  Lord  arid 

Judge  me,  O  God,  and  prove  i 

i  waited  patient  for  the  Lord 

LET  all  the  earth  their  voices  raife 
Let  all  the  heathen  writers 
Let  all  the  various  tribes  of  :. 
Let  every  creature  join 
Let  God  arife  in  all  his  i    ight 
Let  heathens  to  their  id< 
Let  imncrs  take  their  courfe 
,Let  Zicn  and  her  fons  rejoice 
Lift  your  voice  and  thankful  fing 
Lord,  haft  thou  cad  the  nation  oft 
Lord,  I  have  made  thy  word  my  choice 
Lord,  in  the  mornii   ^  thou  (I 
Lord,  in  thy  great,  thy  glorious  name 
Lord,  let  our  humble  cry 
worlds  above 
Lord,  fhould  I  count  thy  mercies 
Lord,  mould' [t  thou  cal]  us  to  th] 
Lord,  tliou  haft  fcan  my  foul  fino 
Lord,  what  a  feeble  pi 
Lord,  what  a  thou    r/'       wretch  was  T 
Lord,  what  was  man  when  made  at  firft 
JLord,  we  thy  wond'ious  praife  proclaim 
Lord,  when  I  call  make  hafte  to  hear 
Lord,  when  thou  didit  afcend  on  high 
Lord,  where  fhall  guilty  ioulr  retire 
Lord,  who's.the  happy  man  that  may 

MAKER,  and  fov'reign  Lord 
1  ly  God,  how  many  a^e  my  fears 


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104 

193 
24 

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6l 

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223 
92 

75 
140 

199 
81 

176 

12 

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192 

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127 

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\     D     E 

My  God,  in  whom  - 

hope  96 

: 
My  God,  :ViL'n 

My  God,                              face  ej 

My  heart  and  flefh  cry  out  f  112 

My  Saviour,  in  y  Almighty  Frientf  9  7 

My  foul  lies  cleaving  to  the  dull  l8c 

My  foul,  repeat  his  praife  143 

My  foul,  review  the  time  2  2: 

My  foul,  die  awful  hour  will  come  59 

My  fpirk  looks  to  God  alone  83 

My  trull  is  in  my  heavenly  Friend  15 

NO  change  of  times  mail  ever  fhoc^  26 
Not  to  curfelves,  who  are  but  duft         167 

Now  be  my  heart  infpir'd  to  ling  65. 

Now  In  the  hour  of  deep  diilrefs  35 

Now  let  cur  mournful  fongs  record  35 

Now  may  the  God  of  power  and  grace  33 

Nov/  mall  my  folejrm  \  ows  he  paid  91 

Nov.-  to  the  Lord  of  heaven  and  earth  90 

O    BLESSED  fouls  are  ;  50 

O  come,  loud  anthems  let  u:  fii  133 

Ofjuftice  and  of  grace  1  159 

G  £  r  t  fho&t  of  facred  j  6g 

O  God  oi  my  fa  1  :  g 

O  God,  rr                        1]  afpires  161 

G  God,  v  162 

Law  175 

G  L                                  i  our  love  1 1 3 

O  Lord,  my  rock,  to  thee  I  1  44. 

C  Lord,  car  fathers  oil  have  told  65 

O  L                                        ear  86 

On  God  my  ft<  17 
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I    N     A     E    X. 

Page. 

O  render  than!                         ve  159 

•  v.  ays  1  78 

O  that  thy  iiatutes  every  h  179 

O  thou  to  whom  all  creatures  bow  14 

O  thou  who  hear'r                 ners  cry  74 

O  thou  whole  grace  and  juftice  reign  187 
O  were  Hike  a  feathfer'd  d< 

PARENT  of  nature,  God  rnpreme  102 

Parent  of  univerfal  good  107 

Praife  ye  the  Lord,  immortal  choir  220 

Praifc  ye  the  Loid,  let  praife  employ  231 

Praife  ye  the  Lord,  O  blifsful  theme  219 

Praife  ye  the  Lord,  to  fpeak  his  praife  163 

Preferve  me,  Lord,  in  time  of  need  22 


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.EJOICE,  ye  righteous,  in  the  Lord  51 

SALVATION  is  forever  mglp  I 1 6 

Shall  tyrants  rule  by  impious  laws  79 

Shew  pity,  Lord  ;  O  Lori  forgive  7JI 

Shout  to  the  Lord,  ye  furglng  feus  220 

to  the  Lord  aloud  IC9 
Sing  to  the  Lord  Jehovah's  name 

Sing  to  the  Lorc^X                   |  ~  -  2I^ 

Sing  to  the  Lord,  who  loud  r  *6 

Sovereign  of  life,  I  own  thy  hand  1 69 

r~gp  EACH  me  ti                        '  '-'r  dafl  60 

'  JL     ThJ  Almigh                      lifted  high  136 
That  man  is  bleit  who  fl 

Thee  will  I  blefs,  my  God  ai  212 

The  God  Jehovah  reigns  *3? 

The  heavens  declare                     "    rd  29  30 

The  King  of  Saint  .  66 

Lord  himfelf,  the  37 

rd  in  Zion  placed  hij  *94 

bovah  reij  !  3° 


1     N     D  ■    E     X. 

The  Lord  B               re  fhall  prepare  38 

The  Lor  J  i               >ur  is  my  1  43 

The  Lord  mj                i  is  '  3S 

The  Lord  of                 my  Kght  43 

The  Lord,  the  129 

The  Lord,  the  Jud                                me  71 

The  Lord,  the  Jud                                irss  72 

The  praifes  of  my                         .:  215 

There  Is  a                           re  (peaks  14S 

rage  bold  159 

Think, r                                 :>le  man  122 

This  is  the  day  the  Lord  hath  made  1  5$ 

This                  earth  is  all  the  Lo:  40 

Thou  art  my  portion,  O  my  God  172 

Thou  God,  by  whofe  command  I  live  207 

Thou  Geo  1 32 

Thou,  Lord,  H  ift  eaith's  foundations  laid  14.2 

The      .  145 
Thou,  Lord,  throu                             .  :   ...  . 

Through  all                                         FKfc  53 

Thu                      Father  fp  i63 

Thu  si  : : 

Thi                                                      "aixi  62 

Thy  t : - 

Thy  mercyj  Lord,  myt>nli  ;  * 

Thy  mei                        /.  th,  0  Lord  :  7} 

L  ord  .  - 1 

Thy  .                   -  76 

ftand 

To  5  [ 

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To  C  ;     7 


)     E     X. 

To  thee j                                 difcloig  209 

Jlo  thec,  mofi  hoi}  ^03 

To  '                 God,  my  heart  (hall  brii  2c  1 

/line  almi<  28 

To  youi  C              God  225 

VAST  arc  thy  works,  almighty  Lord  147 

Unfhaken  astliefacred  188 

WE  bleis  the  Lord,  the  jufr,  the  goqd  93 

.'cciTie,  tl  128 

What  feraph  of  <              bi rth  124 

What  (hail  I  r .                       .:o<l  1G7 

What  (inner s  value  I  refign  2 - 

When  far-                                         .  fngs  la 
When  Cod  rev                                name 
When  Ifrael,                                           >.nd 

When  I  fnrvey  life's  127 
When,  overwhelmed  with  pain  and  grief    S2    105 

Where  nothing  dwelt  but  heads  of  prey  160 
With  all  my  ]                                           gue 

th  fongs  and  honom  .;  loud 

Who  fhall  afcend  thy  heavenly  place  2: 

Why  do  the  wea                    I  boaft  5*7 

Srfofar  16 
loth  the  man                   grow 
Why  mould  I  vex  my  : 

V~E  boim< 

Ye  fen-ants  of  th' 

:s  of  In*  ah 
faith  the  Lord,  it   D'a\  i . 


ical 


PI      Y      M      N      S. 


AlTRD  ana  ;mpt  !  to  | 

With  iron  chains,  the  freeborn  mind  *, 
vi£l ion,  and  reclaim 
ring,  by  defttu£Uve  flame  ! 

From  heaven 

i  not  to  mortals  gi\ 
O'ei  nee  to  ufurp  the  throne, 

Acco 

3  Mad  •  the  world  with  w. 

a  blow  ! 
:  wakens     .  ice  to  devour 

The  wer. 

le  law  of  Ic 

No  arms,  but  what  perfuafion  yield 

;\  ine  and  reafon  ftrong* 
It  dr^wa  the  v.  >ul  along; 

tcquireSj 
eloquence,  which  Heaven  infpires. 

Jefus  held  ! 
hich  iibei 
A 


a  HYMN 

Vjjmm  II.     Common  Metre. 

Rtfurreclion  of  Clr'ijl. 

AGAIN  the  Lord  of  life  and  light 
ikes  the  tiildJing  . 
Uftfeals  the  >f  the  mprnj 

And  pours  incrcafing  day. 

2  This  day  be  grateful  homage  paid, 

And  loud  nofann 
Let  gladncis  dwell  in  every  heart, 
And  praife  on  ev 

3  Ten  thoiifand  differing  lips  (hall  join, 

To  hail  this  welc  .  a  ; 

Which  fcatters  btefl 
To  nations  yet  iinbor 

4  Jcfus,  the  friend  of  human  kind, 

With  {Iron::  corrijTafiion  mov'd, 
Came  from  the  boforn  of  his  God, 
To  fave  the  fouls  he  1< 
c  The  powers  of  darknefs  leagued  in 
To  bind  his  f<  ul  i  i  death  ; 
lie  (hook  their  ki  igdorri  when  he  f< 
With  his  expiring  b::ath. 
C  Noc  long  the  bands  of  death  could  I 
The  hope  of  Judah's  1 
Cormpti  old 

On  one  h  divine. 

;  Exalted  high  at  ml, 

And  Lord  d  w  ; 

High  him  i 
And  endlefs  blefimgs  flow. 

,'ve  ; 
A-  \lz* 

i 


II     Y     M    N    S.  3 

il)£mn  III.       Long  Metre.         [t>] 

Hi  !y    RtfdutiQn. 

AH,  wretched  fouls,  who  ftrive  in  vain  I 
tSlavcs  to  the  world,  and  Haves  to  fin  ! 
A  nobler  toll  may  I  fuftain, 
A  nobler  fatisfattion  win. 

2  I  would  refolve  with  all  my  heart, 
With  all  my  powers  to  ferve  the  Lord  ; 
Nor  from  his  precepts  e'er  depart, 
Whofe  fervice  is  a  rich  reward. 

3  O  be  his  fervice  all  my  joy, 
Around  Jet  my  example  mine  ; 
Till  others  love  the  blefs'd  employ, 
And  join  in  labours  fo  divine. 

4  Be  this  the  purpofe  of  my  foul, 
My  folemn,  my  determined  choice  , 
To  yield  to  his  fupreme  control, 
And  in  his  kind  commands  rejoice. 

5  O  may  I  never  faint  nor  tire, 

Nor  wander  from  thy  facred  ways  ; 
Great  God,  accept  my  foul's  defire, 
And  give  me  ftrength  to  live  thy  praife. 

Mrs.  Si  eel*. 

JPgmtt  IV.     Cowmen  Metre,      [b] 

Wcttcbfulnefs  and  Prayer, 

A    LAS,  what  hourly  dangers  rife  ! 
JljL   What  fnares  befet  my  way  ! 
To  heaven  then  let  me  lift  my  eyes, 
And  hourly  watch  and  pray. 
2  How  oft  my  mournful  thoughts  complain, 
And  melt  in  flowing  tears  ! 
My  weak  refiftance,  ah  how  vain  ! 
How  ftrong  my  foes  and  fears  ! 


II     Y     M     N 

3  O  gracious  i 

Help  mc  to  fe 
Though  | 

4  IlM 

"When  foes  ;  prevail  -> 

And  be:.:  fpirit  up. 

Or  foon  ray  lirengrh  will  ; 

5  When  ftrorig  teftlptatioris  fright  nr 

Or  lure  my  Feet  afide  ; 
My  God,  thy  powerful  aid  impart, 
in  and  my  Guide. 

o  Still  keep  me  in  thy  heavenly  way, 
And  bid  the  tempter  flee;' 
And  never  let  r.ie  go  aflray, 
From  happinefs  and  tl 

^Wtnn  V.        Long  -Metre. 

The  Sy;o-Flj/!:c:un   We  man.      Mafc 

ALL-conqu'rii 

All  gracious  Lord  !  who  i 
Moil  merciful  when  moil  fevere  ! 
2  Thus,  at  thy  feet,  our  fouls  would 
Ai  thus  for  mercy  call  ; 

<f  fj  I 
An  J.  .  th'  infernal  foe." 

iler  than  the  brutes  we  he, 
Our  lor  >  would  wait  on  th 

Who  doit  to  dogs  fuel 
To  tafte  the  crumbs  beneath  ;!. 
at  thou  the  humble  ford  wilt  rail 


II     Y     M     N     S. 

Lach  felf  abating  broken  heart, 
Shall  with  thy  children  {hare  a  part. 

Jpgmn  VI.     Short  Metre.  [*3 

Chrljl  the  Brunch  of  David,  jnJ  rf  ?/ar. 

ALL  hail,  myfterious  King  ! 
Hail,  David's  ancient  root  ! 
Thou    righteous    branch,  which   thence 
To  give  the  nations  fruit.  [fpnng, 

2  Our  weary  fouls  (hall  reft 
Beneath  thy  grateful  ilir.de  ; 

Our  thirfting  lips  the  fweets  (hall  tafte, 
By  thy  bleft  fruit  convey'd. 

3  Fair  morning  ftar,  arife  ! 
With  living  glories  bright ; 

And  pour  on  thefe  awakening  eyes 
A  flood  of  (acred  light. 

4  The  horrid  gloom  is  fled, 
Pierc'd  by  thy  heavenly  my  \ 

Shine,  and  our  wandering  fobtfteps  lead 

To  everlaiting  day. 

Doddridge,  altered. 

&£mn  VII.     Common  Metre.       [>:<i 

A  Pillar  in  the  heavenly  Temple. 

ALL  hail,  victorious  Saviour,  hail  ! 
I  bow  to  thy  command, 
And  own  that  David's  royal  key 
Well  fits  thy  iov'reign  hand. 
\  Open  the  treafures  of  thy  love, 
And  flied  thy  gifts  abroad  ; 
Unveil  to  my  rejoicing  eyes 
The  temple  of  my  God< 
A  3 


6  II     Y     IV1     N 

3  There  as  a  pillar  h  r  me  ftand, 

On  an  etsrinal  1>  rfe  ; 
Uprear'd  by  thy  almi  .d, 

And  polifh'd  by  thy  grace, 

4  There,  deep  engraven'kt  me  bear. 

,  The  title  of  ray  God  ; 
And  mark  the  new  JerufaL 
As  my  fecure  abode. 
C  In  lading  chara&ers  inferibe 
Thy  own  beloved  name  \ 
That  endlefs  ages  there  may  read 
The  great  ImmanuePs  claim. 

DoDDRJl 

fpgmn  VIII.     Long  Metre.       [&  or  b] 

Uncharitable  judgment. 

ALL-knowing  God,  'tis  thine  to  know 
The  fprings  whence  wrong  opinions  flow} 
To  judge  from  principles  within, 
When  frailty  errs,  and  when  we  fin. 

2  "Who  among  men,  high  Lord  of  all, 
Thy  fervants  to  his  bar  may  call  ? 
Decide  of  herefy,  and  (hake 

A  brother  o'er  the  flaming  lake  ? 

3  Who,  with  another's  eye,  can  r<"<n\  ? 
Or  worfhip  by  another's  creed  ? 
Revering  thy  command  alone, 

We  humbly  leek  and  ufe  our  own. 

4  If  wrong,  forgive  ;  accept,  i  Fright, 
Whilil  faithful  we  obey  our  light ; 
And,  cens'ring  none,  are  zealous  iliil 
To  follow,  as  to  learn,  thy  will. 

^  When  fhall  cur  happy  eye 
Thy  r 


H     Y     M     N    S. 

And  charity  our  li;  •, 

Deriv'd  from  thee,  O  God  of  love  ? 


ij)gmn  IX.       Long  Metre. 

A  Vifion  •  / 

ALL  mortal  vanities,  be  gone  •, 
Nor  tempt  my  eyes,  nor  tire  my  ears  j 
:e, 
A  \  iiion  of  the  Lamb  : 

2  Glcry  his  fleecy  robe  adorns, 

ark'd  with  the  bloody  death  he  bore  ; 
Seven  arc  his  eyes,  and  fev< 
To  fpeak  his  wifdom  and  Ins  pay 

3  Lo  !   he  receives  a  (baled  book 
From  him  that  fits  upon  the  ^hrone  ! 

;,  my  Lord,  prev  tils  to  look 
On  dark  decrees  and  tl  iknown. 

4  All  the  aflembling  faints  around 
Fall  worfliippin^  before  the  Lamb  ; 
And  in  new  longs  of  gofpel  fou 
Addrefs  their  honours  to  his  name. 

c  Our  voices  jo:TT  the  heavenly  (train, 

And  M'ith  transporting  pleafi 

Worthy  the  Lamb  that  once  was  ilain, 

To  be  our  Saviour  and  our  King. 
6  Thou  haft  redeem'd  our  fouls  from  h 

With  thine  ineftimable  blood  ; 

And  wretches  who  did  once  rebel, 

Are  now  made  fervants  of  their  God* 
"orthy  forever  is  the  Lord, 

Who  dy'd  for  treafons  not  his'  own  ; 
every  tongue  to  be  ador'd, 


%  H     Y     M    N    S. 

fopmn  X.      Common  Metre.      t$) 

ALL  yc  w!  o  faithful  fervants  are 
Of  our  Almighty  Jvlncr, 
Both  high  and  low,  and  fmall  and  great, 
II.    praife  devoutly  fing. 

2  Let  us  rejoice  and  render  thanks 

To  his  moft  holy  name  ; 
Rejoice,  rejoice,  for  now  is  come 
The  marriage  of  the  Lamb. 

3  His  bride  herfelf  has  ready  made, 

How  pure  and  white  her  drefs  ! 
This  is  the  faint's  integrity, 
And  fpotlefs  holineis. 

4  How  happy  then  is  every  one, 

'Who  to  the  marriage  feaft, 

And  holy  Hipper  of  the  Lamb, 

Is  call'd,  a  welcome  gueft, 

Tate. 

>pynm  XL     Particular  Metre.      [b]. 

Sttbpn  Divine  JVill. 

ALMIGHTY  Kin^  of  heaven  above, 
,   Eurnal  fburce  of  truth  and  love, 
And  Lord  o£  all  below, 
With  reverence  and  religious  fear, 
Permit  thy  fuppliants  to  draw  near, 
And  at  thy  feet  to  bow. 

%  Thy  fovereign  fiat  form'd  us  fnft; 
Thy  breath  can  blew  us  back  to  duft, 

Frail,  fmiui,  mortal  clay  ; 
'Tis  thine  undoubted  right  to  give 
Thole  earthly  bleflings  we  receive  l 
And  thine  to  take  away* 


•  I      7  ^ 

control, 
Etero; 

Submiflivt:  therefi 

Our  s  d  up  in  ih::iev 

In  til 
A  In  heaven  above,  thy  will  is  done, 
Is  wait  an 
rrhy  coufj 
Ad  feet  they  f 

Confefs  thee,  fovtreign  Lord  of  all, 

And  own  th;  » 

5   Lord,  r  v  throng* 

>ng, 
Who  dv  in  ; 

May  ev(  tie  ijiy  praife  proclaim, 

This  be  the  univerfal  theme, 
hovah's  will  be  done." 

^gmn  XII.     Short  Mart,    \jk  «bJ 

ALMIGHTY  Maker,  God, 
How  wond'n  .vie  ! 

Thy  glories  I  d,. 

Throughout  frame. 

2   I  i  every  dr< 

Iler  humble  homa 

I  m  ays  t'  expr 
life. 

red, 
Th  id  ; 

And  free  from  pride  their  be 
To  (how  thy  flrilful  hand. 

lounts  up  on  high 
ith  unambitious  fone, 


IP  H     Y     M    N     S. 

And  bears  her  Maker's  praife  0:1  big 
Upon  her  ajtfcfs  tongue. 

5  My  foul  would  rife  and  I 
To  her  Creator  too  ; 

Fain  would  my  tongue  adore  my  King, 
And  pay  the  worihip  due. 

6  But  pride,  that  bufy  fin, 
Spoils  a!!  that  I  perform  ; 

Curs'd  pride  that  creeps  fecurely  in^ 
And  fwells  a  wretched  worm. 

7  Create  my  foul  anew. 

Or  all  my  worship's  vain  ; 
This  fmful  heart  will  not  be  true^ 
Till  it  be  form'd  again. 

8  In  joy  then  let  me  fpend 
The  remnant  of  my  days  ; 

And  to  my  God  my  foul  afcend, 
In  fweet  perfume  of  praife. 

W.vTTi. 

fpgmriXIII.      Cowmen  Metre.  [# 

Hit: 

AM  I  a  foldier  of  the  crofs  ? 
A  follower  01  the  La  nib  ? 
And  {hall  I  fear  to  own  his  caufe, 
Or  b.ufh  to  (peak  his  name  ? 

2  Muft  I  be  carried  to  the  ikies 

On  flowery  beds  of  eafe  ? 
Whilft  others  fought  to  win  the  prize,, 
And  fail'd  through  bloody  feas  ? 

3  Are  there  no  foes  for  me  to  face  ? 

Mult  net  I  ftens  the  flood  ? 
Is  this  vile  world  a  friend  to  grace, 
To  help  nie  on  to  God  ? 

4  Sure  I  mud  fighti  if  I  would  reign  -% 

lucreafe  my  courage.-  Lord; 


H     Y     M    In     ft  il 

I'll  bear  the  toil,  endure  the  pain, 
Supper  ted  by  thy  word. 

5  Thy  faints,  hi  all  this  glorious  waij 

Shall  conquer  though  they  die  $ 
They  view  the  triumph  from  afar, 
And  feize  it  with  their  eye. 

6  When  that  Uliiftribu  tall  r:fe> 

And  all  thy  armies  thine 
In  robes  of  vicYry  thr< 
The  glory  ihali  be  thin 


\v. 


Jppmil    XIV.    Lor,?    Metfc    [**H 

Ch  tf>U. 

AND  is  the  goipcl  peace  and  leve  ? 
Such  let  our  converiation  be  ; 
The  ferpent  blended  with  the  dove, 
Wifdom  and  meek  hmpliciry. 
Whene'er  the  angry  paffions  rife, 
And  tempt  our  thoughts  or  tongues  to  drife  \ 
To  Jeius  let  us  lift  our  c 
Bright  pattern  of  the  Chriitian  life, 
O  how  benevolent  and  kind  I 
How  mild,  how  readv  to  forgive  ! 
Be  this  the  temper  of  our  .mind. 
And  thefe  the  rules  by  which  we  live. 
To  do  his  hcav'nly  Father's  will, 
Was  his  employment  ..  .: 

Humility  and  holy  zeal 
Shone  through  his  life  rfirj 

The  labours  of  his  life  were  Icve  ; 

Then,  if  we  bear  i: 

By  hjs  example  Ic:  us  rnovi 


12  II  N     S. 

6  But,  ah,  how  blii  •  are 
How  frail,  how  apt  to  turn  afide  ! 
Lord  we  At                  n  thy  care. 

We  ail;  thj 

7  Thy  fa 

:  t  to  be  ; 
us,  by  I 
(y  j  daily  mc 

Mrs.   Si 


BOlUli  Metre.       C^ort?] 

AND  muft  thi  lie  ? 

This  mortal  frame  decay  ? 
And  mutt  thefe  active  limbs  of  mine 

Lie  moutd'ring  in  the  clay  ? 
Corruption,  earth  and  worms 

Shall  but  refine  t 
Till  my  triurft]  . 
To  put  it  on 
ChriiT,  my  Redeemer,  liver,, 
And  often,  from  the  flcies, 

i  down  and  watches  all  my  d 
Till  he  (hall  bid  it 
Arra y  W  in  gl  or  i on  s  gra  c e , 

A nd  every  {ha pc ,  and  e  \ 

Lee"  id  divine. 

Thefe  lively  he  pes  we 

To  Jefus  ve  ; 

We  would  ad 

And  ung  his  powei 
O  Lord,  accept  th 

Of  thefe  i 
Tin  times  of  nobler  found  v. 

With  O'- 


ippm 


H     Y     XVI    N    S.  13 

n  xvi.  Cc 


A    ND  riow,  my  foul,  another  y 
XjL  Of  rfly  (hort  life  is  paft  ; 
I  cannot  lor.  j  re, 

And  this  may  be  my  laft. 

2  Much  c  I  life  is  done, 

Nor  will  return  again  ; 
And  fwifi  my  palling  moment;,  run. 
The  few  that  yet  remain. 

3  Awake,  1  tttmoft  care, 

Thy  true  conditio 
What  are  thy  hopes  ?   how  lure  ?  how  : 
And  what  thy  chief  concern  ?  ■ 

4  With  the  new  year,  which  :^?w  begins, 

Begin  thy  race  for  heaven  $ 
Repent  ot  ail  thy  former  fins, 
Reform,  and  be  forgiven. 

5  Devoutly  If  to  God, 

To  him  thyfelf  cornm 
With  zeal  puriue  the  J:  road, 

Nor  doubt  a  happy  cud. 

Live 

frpmn  xvii.   An  Sc- 

.    cenfion  of  C 

ANGELS..  rc)\  the  (lone  away, 
Death,  give  up  thy  m  y  ; 

:  !  he  rifes  from  the  tomb, 
m. 
2  Tis  the  Sav 

10  phzht  fong  of  praife  , 

Let  t 

Hejn  d. 

] 


H     Y    M    N    S. 

3  Xo.v.  ye  faints,  lift  up  your  t\ 
Now  to  glory  fee  him  rile  ; 

i  progrefa  thr<  fky, 

To  the  radiant  world  on  high*. 

4  Heaven  diTplays  her    cryftal  gate  j 
Enter  in  thy  royal  date  -, 

King  of  dory,  meant  thy  throne, 
thy  Father's  and  thy  own. 

5  Praife  him,  all  ye  heavenly  choirs, 
Strike  with  awe  your  golden  lyres  \ 
Shout,  O  earth,  in  rapt'reus  long, 
Let  the  ftrains  be  loud  and  ftrong. 

<>  To  the  lift'ning  nations  tell, 

Sin  o'erthrown  and  vanquifh'd  hell  : 

re  is  death's  once  dreaded  king  ! 
Where,  O  monfter,  is  thy  fting  ! 

Scott. 

iJVinn  XVI1L      Long  Metre.     L#  or  ft 

Tot  SjII.  : 

ANOTHER  fix  days'  work  is  done  ! 
Another  Sabbath  is  begun  ! 
Return,  my  foul,  enjoy  thy  reft, 
Improve  the  day  that  God  lias  blefs'd. 

2  Come,  praife  the  Lord,  whefe  love  affigns 
So  fweet  a  reft  to  weary  minds  ; 
Provides  an  antepaift  of  heaven, 

And  gives  this  day  the  food  of  feven. 

3  ()  that  our  thoughts  and  thanks  may  rife 
As  grateful  incenfe  to  the  ikies  ; 

And  draw  from  heavrn  that  fweet  repofe 
Which  none  but  he  who  feels  it  kno 

4  This  heavenly  calm,  within  the  bread, 
Is  the  dear  pledge  of  glorious  reft, 
'Which  for  this  church  of  God  remains, 

3  cf  cares,  the  end  of  pains, 


II     Y     M    N    S-  ti 

5  With  joy,  great  God,  thy  works  we  view, 

arious  Icenes,  both  old  and  new  ; 
With  praife  we  think  on  mercies  paft. 
With  hope  we  future  pleafures  taite. 

6  In  holy  duties  let  the  day, 
In  holy  pleafures  pais  away  ; 

Tlie  Sabbath  thus  we  love  to  fpend, 
In  hope  of  one  which  ne'er  {hall  - 

fjgmit  XIX.      Six  Line  T?  fot'bZ 

TTEND,  my  foul,  the  voice  divine, 


A 


And  mark  what  beaming  glories  thine 

/iround  thy.  con  defcen  ding  God  : 
To  us,  he  in  his  word  proclaims 
His  awful,  his  endearing  names  ; 

Attend,  and  found  them  all  abroad. 
"  Jehovah  I,  the  fov'reign  L< 
The  mighty  God  by  heaven  aclor'd, 

Down  to  •the  earth  my  footfteps  bend  : 
:  the  tendered  pity  knows, 
Goodnefs  full  ftreatning  wi<  w$j 

And  grace  and  truth  fhall  never  end 
"  My  patience  long  can  crimes  endure, 
My  pard'ning  love  is  ever  fu 

When  penitential  forrc  i  : 

To  millions,  through  unnm  rare, 

New  hope  and  new  delight  it  bears, 

Yet  wrath  againft  the  (inner  bui 
Make  hade,  my  foul,  the  viiion  nicet. 
Ail  proltrate  at  Jehovah's  rear, 

And  drink  the  tuneful  accents  in. 
Speak  on,  my  Lord,  repeat  the  vc 
Diffufe  thefe  heart-exparidingjeysj 

Till  heuv'n  complete  the  rapt'rous  fc 


1 6  H     Y     M     N 

JpgmnXX.    Common  Metre.     [fcarlfl 

ATTEND,  whilft  ( 
Dotli  his  oy.  ;i..\    j 

nokl  I  fit  upon  my  thr< 
Ci  sating  all  tnings  new  I 

2  "  Old  things  are  wholly  piuVd  away, 

And  the  fir  ft  ,  lies  ; 

My  hands  a  new  foul  jy  j 

See  the  i 

3  "  IT;  be  a  r6un  of  righteoufnefs 

To  the  new  heavens  1  mal 
None  but  the  new  born  heirs  of  gra  "  6 
My  glories  (hall  partake." 

4  Mighty  Redeem  tr  free 

te  of  fin  ; 
O  make  ciy  to  thee, 

Crcue  n  ithin. 

5  Renew  niy  eyes,  a$d  forr/i  rny  eai 

Ai'.- 
Givc  m    ntw  pa  ii  fears; 
AiiY;                                 lei]i. 

6  Far  from  the  regions  of  the  dead, 

rupi  fin  an,,    i  id  hell, 

In  the  new  world  which  grace  hath  made, 
I  . 

Watts, 


H     Y     M     N     Si 

it  faith  adores  thy  Love, 

ills  tor  life  in  o 

for  heavenly  crowns  above, 
From  a  Redeemer  crucifud. 

3  Let  the  vuia  world  pronounce  its  fiian 

I  (ling  its  fcandals  on  the  caul 
We  come  to  boaft  cur  Saviour's  name, 
And  make  our  triumph  in  his  ci 

4  With  joy,  we  tell  the 

He  that  was  ib  *, 

He  lives  above  their  utmofl 
And  we  arj  • 

fpymn  XXll.      Common  Metre. 

A\KE,  await  cred  fQjjg 

To  our  incarnate  Lc:d  ! 
Let  every  heart  and  e  ;ue 

Adore  th'  eternal  Word. 
■i  That  glorious  Word,  that  fovereign  Fo 
By  whom  the  worlds  were  m 
O  happy  morn  !   illuftrious  hour  ! 
Was  once  in  flejQi  array'd. 

3  Then  {hone  Almighty  power  and  love, 

In  all  their  glorious  forms  \ 
When  Jefus  left  the  world  aixn 
To  dwell  with  finful  worms. 

4  To  dwell  with  mifery  below, 

The  Saviour  left  the  tides  ; 
And  funk  to  poverty  and  woe, 
That  wretched  man  might  rife, 
r  Adoring  angels  tun'd  their  fongs 
To  hail  the  joyful  day  ; 
With  rapture  then  let  mortal  tongue* 
Their  grateful  homage  pay. 


Y     M 
0  Wh  luc  ! 

*    {•'■-.  ■    :xul  "" 

A. 

In  I  '  ::  ; 

See 
An< 
■]  1 1  and, 

befet  ipe  round  ; 
.  ery  part, 

bove, 
OJ  ve. 

>el, 

e  frowns  of  hell  -, 
ft  fubJue, 
too. 

-.XXIV.    Ha 

"Jhc  LcrJs  Day   - 

Adrowfy  fo 
Shake  offeacfc  Qottfu}  band  ! 

I 


HYMN     S. 

Aufpicious  morn, 

Bright  feraphs  hail,     In  longs  ofpraifc  ! 

At  thy  approaching  dawn, 
Reluftant  death  refign 

The  glorious  Prince  of  life, 

In  the  dark  vault  confinM. 
Th*  angelic  hoft  Around  him  ber 

And,  midft  their  0  ["he  Lord  \ 

All  ha:!,  triumphant  Lord  ! 
{  iven  with  hofanna  rings  ; 

Whilft  earth,  in  humbler  ilrains, 
Thy  praife  refponC 

Worthy  art  thou,  lo  once  v. 

Through  endlefs  years    To  live  and  reign. 

Gird  on,  great  King,  thy  fword, 

Afcend  thy  conq'ring  car, 

Whilft  juftice,  truth  and  love 

Maintain  the  glorious  war. 
Victorious  thoii,  fhalt  n\ 

And  fin  and  death      In  triumph  Iczd. 

Make  bare  thy  potent  arm, 

And  wing  th'  unerring  dart, 

With  falutary  pangs, 

To  each  rebellious'  heart 
Then  dying  fouls         For  life  (hall  fue, 
Numerous  as  drops       Of  morning  dew. 

Rippon's  Collection, 

fmv.n  XXV.       Long  Metrc\ 

A   WAKE,  our  fouls,  away,  cur  fears, 


.  _L  Let  cvYy  trembling  thought  be  gone  $ 
Awake  and  run  the  heavenly  race^ 
And  put  ?.  chggrful  courage  on* 


H     Y     M     N     S. 

(trait  and  thorny  road, 
And  mortal  fpirits  tire  and  faint  ; 
If  they  f(  mighty  God, 

Who  feeds  the  ftrength  of  every  faint. 
^  The  mighty  God,  whofe  powerful  hand 
Has  matchlcfs  works  of  wonder  done  ; 
And  (hall  endure,  whilft  endiefs  years 
Their  everlafting  circles  run. 

4  From  him,  the  overflowing  fprjng, 
Our  fouls  mall  drink  a  rich  fupply  ; 
Whilft  thofe  who  trull  their  native  ftrength 
Shall  melt  away,  and  droop  and  die. 

5  Swift  as  an  eagle  cuts  the  air, 
We'll  mount  aloft  to  thine  abode  ; 
On  wings  of  love  our  fouls  will  fly, 
Nor  tire  amidft  the  heavenly  road.     \\ 

fpjmm  XXVL     Long  Metre.    [*  or  V. 

Benefit  cf  Ordinance-. 

A    WAY  from  every  mortal  care, 
JLJL   Away  from  earth,  our  fouls  retreat  j 
We  leave  this  worthlefs  world  afar, 
And  wait  and  worihip  near  thy  feat. 

2  Lord,  in  the  temple  of  thy  grace, 
We  bow  before  thee  and  adore  ; 
We  view  the  glories  of  thy  face, 
And  learn  the  wonders  of  thy  power. 

3  Whilft  here  our  various  wants  we  mourn. 
United  prayers  afcend  on  high  *, 

And  faith  experts  a  fure  return 
Of  bleflings  in  variety. 

4  If  Satan  rage,  and  fin  grow  flrong, 
Here  we  receive  fomc  cheering  word  •, 
We  gird  the  gofpel  armour  on, 

To  fight  the  battles  of  the  Lord. 


H     Y     M     N    S. 

5  Here,  when  our  fpirit  faints  and  dies, 
And  conscience  irnarts  with  inward  itiiv 

lSuii  of.:  rile, 

th   healing  beneath  his  wii 

6  Here  would  cur  I  fouls  abide  \ 
Or  if  from  hence  we  mult  depart, 
Let  neither  life  nor  death  divide 
Our  God  and  Sa  ur  heart. 

Ippmn  XXVII.      Long  Metre. 

BEFORE  the  heavens  were  fprea 
From  everl  .  .,1  j 

With  God  he  rd  was  G 

And  by  th'  angelic  holt 
a  By  his  great  power  were  all  things  mad 
By  him  fupported,  all  things  ftaud  \ 
He  is  the  whole  crea:  ^d, 

-  angels  fly  at  t 

3  Ere  fin  was  born,  or  S 

He  led  the  hoft  cf  morning  ftars  ! 

Thy  generation  who  can  tell  ? 

Or  count  the  number  of  thy  years  i 

4  Bur  lo,  he  leaves  theft  h. 

The  Vv'ord  defcends  and  dwells  in  cl 
That  he  may  converfe  hold  with  won 
Drefs'd  in  fuch  feeble  hey. 

j   Mortals  with  joy  behold  his  face, 
Th'  eternal  Father's  only  Son  *, 
How  full  of  truth,  how  full  oj 
When  thi    ugh  his  eyes  the  Go< 
Arch-anj 

The  toye  of  oui  ing  Gocjj 

The  glories  of  Emanuel.  wAi 


;..  H     Y     M     N     $, 

TOgmn  XX VIII.     Common  Metre.     [#] 

Faith  in  the  Promjfe  of  Salvation. 


BEGIN,  my  tongue,  fome  heavenly  tlw 
And  fpeak  fome  tofty  thing  ; 
The  mighty  workfc  or  flighty  name, 
Of  our  eternal  King. 

2  Tell  of  his  wond'rous  KTithfulnefs, 

Or  found  his  power  abroad  ; 
Sing  the  bleft  promife  of  his  grace, 
And  the  performing  God. 

3  Proclaim  falvation  from  the  Lord, 

To  finf ul,  dying  men  ; 
His  hand  has  writ  the  facred  word, 
With  an  unerring  pen. 

4  Engrav'd  as  in  eternal  brafs, 

The  gracious  promife  ibines  ; 
Nor  (hall  the  hand  of  time  erafe 
Thofe  everlafting  lines. 

5  Then  why  thefe  doubts  and  fad  complaints  ? 

If  Chriit  and  we  are  one, 
The  word  extends  to  all  the  faints, 
"Who  humbly  love  the  Son. 

6  By  faith  in  this  our  fouls  have  liv'd, 

And  part  of  heaven  poflefsM  ; 
We'll  praife  him  then  for  grace  received, 
And  truft  him  for  the  reft. 

Watts. 

fjpmn  XXIX.     Particular  Metre.     [*] 

%Y'.e  RefurrtSlon  and G lory  of Chrlfi. 

ETIOLD  !  the  bright  morning  appears, 
And  Jefus  revives  from  the  grave  ! 
His  rifing  removes  all  our  fears, 
And  proves  him  Almighty  to  fuvc. 


II     Y     M     N     S. 
How  ftrong  •.  -ir>  and  his  cries  ! 

worth  of  his  blood  how  diri 
How  pci  f  rice, 

Who  rofe  he  fuffer'd  for  fin  ! 

2  The  man  who  w  ned  with  thori 

The  man  who  on  Calvary  died, 
The  man  who  bore  fcourging  and  icorn. 

Whom  G  iners  agreed  to  deride  ; 
Now  blelied  is  made, 

.  rewarded  his  pain  ; 
Now  glofy  has  crowned  his  head  : 

This  is  the  true  Lamb  that  was   flai 

3  Bcli  re  in  his  joy, 

By  faith  we  partake  of  his  ifcft  -, 
With  him  we  can  cheerfully  die, 

For  with  him  we  hope  to  be  bleit, 
?Tis  Jefus,  the  fitft  and  the  lail, 

Whole  Spirit  fltall  guide  us  Uic  home; 
We'll  praife  him  for  all  that  is  p 

And  truft  him  for  all  that's  to  c 

H. 

ipgmn  XXX.      Common  Metre. 

BEHOLD  the  glories  of  the  Lamb, 
Arrridft  the  Father's  throne  ! 
Prepare  new  honours  for  his  name, 
And  fongs  before  unknown. 

2  Let  Elders  worftip  at  his  feet, 

The  Church  adore  around  ; 
With  vials  full  of  odours  fweet, 
'  With  harps  of  fweercr  found. 

3  Thofe  are  the  oifer'd  prayers  of  fairies, 

And  thefe  the  hyftiiis  they  raife  * 
Jefus  is  kind  to  our  complaints, 
He  loves  to  hear  6\ 


H     Y     M    N 

fow  co  the  Lamb  that  cnce  was  Qaitfj 

Be  endlefs  bleffings  paid  ; 
Salvation,  g]  Lain 

Forever  on  th 
;  Thou  had  redeem'd  bur  fouls  with  blcod, 

Haft  fet  the  pris'neis  ft 
Had:  made  us  kings  and  priefts  to  God, 

And  we  fhall  reign  with  tl 
s6  The  worlds  of  nature  and  of  grace 

Are  put  beneath  thy  power  •, 
Then  fhorten  thefe  delaying  days, 

And  bring  the  promis'd  hour.  Watts. 

Ipgmn  XXXI.     Short  Metre.       [7 

The  Nativity  ef  C 

BEHOLD  the  grace  appears  ! 
The  promife  is  fulfills  ; 
Mary,  the  wond'rous  virgin,  bears,- 

And  Jefus  is  the  child. 
2  To  bring  the  glorious  news, 

A  heavenly  form  appears  ; 
He  tells  the  lhepherds  of  their  joys> 

And  banifhes  their  fears. 
jjj   "  Co,  humble  fwains,  faid  he, 

To  David's  city  fiy  ; 
The  promis'd  Infant  born  to  day 

Doth  in  a  manger  lie. 
4  With  looks  and  hearts  ferene, 

Co  vifit  Chriit  your  King." 
And  (trait  a  flaming  choir  was  feen  j- 

The  fhepherds  heard  them  fmg. 
£   "  Glory  to  God  on  high  ! 

And  he.  ice  on  earth  ! 

Good  will  to  men,  to  angels  joy, 
te  Redeemer's  birth  ■"" 


h  %  u  a 

6  In  v 

Let  faints  err 
With  jpin, 

And  loud  n  .r  fongs. 

7  <c  Glory  to  God  en  hi 
An  i 

to  men,  to  ac 
Al  : 


&VVM\  XXXII.     C 

BW  born  infant  grid 
Wi 

It  crie?  to  h  ;v'd, 

But  Irnows  not  to  complain. 
.  childhood  yet  I  mud  confi 

Unk.  ice  1  feel  dtftrei 

ire. 
i  !  to  thee  I  turn  5 

■  ::5^ 

le  dwell, 

.:e  : 
vainer  love 

cc,  by  err. 

(buns  the  I      1         3d, 

Do  thou  thy  gifts 


H     Y     M     N     S. 
VjVmn  XXXIII.     Lot  -c.     w 

BEHOLD  the  of  God, 

fefus'  blood  I 
Are 
Aud  fhali  they  itoop  to  earthly  toys  ? 

2  Can  laughter  feed  th'  immortal  mind  i 

:re  fpirits  of  celeftiaJ  kind 
Made  for  a  jefr,  for  ioort,  for  phy, 
To  wear  out  time  and  wade  the  day  ? 

3  Doth  vain  difcourfe  or  empty  mirth 
Well  fuit  the  honours  of  their  birth  I 
Shall  they  be  fond  ttke, 

Which  children  love,  widen  fools  admire  ? 

4  What  if  we  wear  the  rlcheft  veil  ? 
Peacocks  and  flies  are  better  dreft  ; 
This  flefn,  with  all  its  gau: 

Mull  drop  to  duft  aajd  feed  the 

5  Lord,  raife  our  hearts  and  paffions  higher, 
Touch  our  vain  fouls  with  facred  fire  , 
Then,  with  a  heaven-directed  eye, 
We'll  pais  thefe  glittering  trifles  by. 

6  We'll  look  on  all  the  toys  below 
With  fuch  difdain  as  angrfs  do  ; 
And  wait  the  call  that  bids  us  rife, 

To  ma n fi on  s  p  ro  m  i  sMTn  the  &ies«      V ■ ' . . r  t  s  . 

iDWim  XXXIV.  Conm: 

BEHOLD  the  wretch,  whofe  lull  and  wirife 
Had  waited  his  e 
He  begs  a  (hare  amc: 
To  tafte  the  hu 
2  "  I  die  with  hunc 

I  ftarve  in  foreign  land 


H     Y     M    N    Si  1} 

My  Father's  houfe  has  large  fupplies, 
And  bounteous  are  his  hands. 

3  I'll  go,  and  with  a  mournful  tongue, 

Fall  down  before  his  fr.ee  ; 
Father,  I've  done  thy  juftice  wrong, 
Nor  can  deferve  thy  grace." 

4  He  faid,  and  haften'd  to  his  home, 

To  feck  his  Father's  love  *, 

The  Father  faw  the  rebel  come, 

And  all  his  bowels  move. 

5  He  ran  and  fell  upon  his  neck, 

Embrac'd  and  kifs'd  his  fon  *, 
The  rebel's  heart  with  ibrrow  brake, 
For  follies  he  had  done. 

6  m  Take  off  his  clothes  of  fhame  and  fin, 

The  Father  gives  command  j 
Drefs  him  in  garments  white  and  clean. 
With  rings  adorn  his  hand. 

7  A  day  of  feafting  I  ord.iin, 

Let  mirth  and  joy  abound  ; 
My  ion  was  dead,  and  lives  again, 

loft,  but  DOW  is  found."  Watt*. 

Plttn  XXXV.     Short  Metre.     [    ] 

iEHOLD,  what  wond'rous  grace 
The  Father  hath  beltow'd 
On  (inners  of  a  mortal  race, 

To  call  them  foxis  cf  Gcd  ! 
2  'Tis  no  furprifing  thittgj 

rFhat  we  mould  be  unknown  ; 
The  Jewifti  world  knew  not  their  K;rc 

God's  evcrlaftir.g  c^on. 
For  doth  it  yet       .  ;ar 

liow  great  we  (hall  be  made  *, 


grfl  HYMN 

But  when  we  fee  our  Savi< 
Wc  {hall  be  like  our  H 

4  A  hojx 

May  trials  well  endure  ; 
May  eleanfe  oui 

As  Chrift  the  Lord  i 

5  If  in  our  Fathers  Ic 
We  ftiare  a  filial  ; 

Send  down  thy  Spirit,  like  a  dove^ 
To  ieil  upon  our  heart. 

6  We  would  no  longer  lie, 
Like  flaves  beneath  the  throne  ! 

Our  faith  fhall  Abba,  Father,  c 
And  thou  the  kind 

Wattb. 

Ip^mn  xxxvi.    Lzng  Marc.    l7~: 

BESET  with  fnares,  and  fill'd  with  ^z-iJ 
In  life's  uncertain  path  we  tread  ; 
Saviour  divine,  diffiufe  thy  light, 
To  guide  our  doubtful  foot  ht, 

Enrage  Dur  roving  treach'rous  heart, 
hoofe  the  wife,  the  better  part  \ 
To  fcorn  the  trifles  of  a  day, 
joys  that  never  fade  away. 

hen  let  the  fiercest  ftorms  arife, 
. ;  tempefts  mingle  earth  and  fkies ; 
i  fatal  ihipv/reek  fhall  we  fear, 
it  all  our  :.  us  bear. 

\\\t\\  our  Saviour  ir ill  be  nigh, 
Cheerful  we  live  and  joyful  die  ^ 
i  mortal  c 


H     Y     M     N    S. 

..  Jtt. 

BLEST  are  the  humble  fouls  that  fee 
Their  en  rty; 

Treafures  of  grace  to  therh  are  given, 
And  crowns  of  j  en. 

2  Bleft  are  the  men  of  broken  heart, 

0  mourn  for  an  with  ir.  lart  , 

The  blood  of  Ch  i  ws, 

A  heali:  :r  woes. 

3  Bled  are  the  meek  who  (land  afar, 
From  raj  :d  war  \ 
God  will  fecure  tl  te, 
And  plead  their  caul  /reat. 

4  Bleft  are  the  lirfl:  for  prac^, 
Hunger  and  long  for  right. 

They  (hall  be  well  fu ppiied  and  fed, 
With  living  (Ire.:  living  brea 

men  whofe  bowels  move, 
And  melt  with  fyi  and  love  ; 

From  CI  itain 

nd  love  ag 
6  Blefl  are  the  pu  re  clean 

With  en  they  mail  fee 

A  C 
left  are  the  men  of  peaceful  life, 

Who  quench  the  coals  ci  grow:: 
They  (hall  be  call'd  tl 
The  ions  of  God,  the  Gcd  of  peace. 
8  Bleft  are  the 

Of  pain  and  fhame  for  Jefus'  fake  ; 
Their  fouls  (hall  triumph  in  the  Lord, 
Glory  &nd  joy  are  their  reward. 

C  2  ve- 


H     Y     M     N     S. 

i>gmn  xxxvm.  -,.  [f] 

B/r  be  ti  z 
te  Father  of  our  JLo 
I3e  his  abound.. 
His  majsfty  ador 

2  When  from  the  dead  he  ra 

1  eall'd  him  to  the  (ky, 
:ave  our  fouls  a  lively  I 
That  they  fhoulu  never  die, 

3  What,  though  his  uncontrollM 

Command  our  flefn  to  dull  ? 
Yet  as  the  Lord  our  Saviour  rofe. 
So  all  his  followers  mult. 

4  There's  an  inheritance  divine, 

Referv'd  againft  that  day  j 
'Tis  uncorrupted,  undei 
And  cannot  fade  away. 

5  Saints  by  the  power  of  God  are  kept 

Till  the  falvation  come  ; 
We  walk  by  faith  as  ft  ram. 

Till  Chriit  {hall  call  us  home.        \v. 

pmiT  XXXIX.     Common  Metre. 

LEST  is  the  man  whofc  tender  heart 
Feels  all  another's  pain  ; 
To  whom  the  fupplicati 

Was  never  rais'd  in  vain. 

Whofe  bread  expands  with  genVous  warmth, 

A  ftranger's  woe  to  fe<  I  \ 
And  bleeds  in  pity  o'er  the  wound 

He  wants  the  power  to  heal. 
He  fpreads  his  kind  fupporting  ?•. 

To  every  child  of  grief : 


H     f    M    N    S.  31 

His  fecret  bounty  largely  flc 
And  brings  unaDc'd  relief. 

4  To  gentle  offices  of  love, 

His  feet  are  never  flow ; 
He  views,  through  mercy's  melting  eye, 
A  brother  in  his  foe. 

5  Peace,  from  the  bofom  of  his  God, 

Peace  dial]  to  him  be  given  ; 

His  foul  {hall  reft  fecure  on  earth, 

And  find  its  native  heaven. 

him  protection  fhall  be  (hown  ; 
And  mercy,  from  above 
[bend  on  thofe,  who  thus  fulfil 
The  perfect  lav/  of  love.        Mrs.  Baibaulp, 

pVnin  XL.     Particular  Metre,      [*J 

Tbt  Oofpel  Jubilee. 

BLOW  ye  the  trumpet,  blow  \ 
e  gladly  folemn  fo: 
Let  all  :  w, 

To  earth's  remoteft  bound, 
The  year  of  jubilee  is  come  ; 

urn,  ye  raniem'd  finners,  home. 
$       Exalt  the  Son  of  God  ! 
The  fin-atoning  Lamb ; 
Redemption.  !ood, 

v  land  procla' 
;  i  year  of  jubilee  is  come  5 
Return,  ye  ranfom'd  miners,  home, 
3       Ye  who  hav  nought 

The  heritage  above, 
Shall  have  i:  .bought, 

The  gift  of  Jefu's  love. 
The  year  cf  jubilee  is  come  ; 
Retgnij  ■  finners,  heme, 


3*  II     Y     M     N 

4  -Mj 
Your  liberty  . 

And  faff 
And  blcft  in  J 
be  year  of  jubil 
urn,  ye  ranfom'd  finnferj 

5  The  gpfpel  trumpet  b< 
Tl  e  ni  ws  of  pard'nin 
Yc  happy  fouls,  dt 
Behold  your  Saviour's  face  ! 

The  year  of  jubilee  is  ccme  ; 

turri|  ye  fanfom'd  Rriners,  home. 

6  Jefus,  our  great  rieft, 
Has  full  atonement  ma 

Ye  weary  f pints,  : 

hournful  fouls,  be  glad. 
The  year  of  jubilee  is  come  j 
Return,  ye  ranfom'd  finners,  hoi   - 

Rippon's  Colic 


Ipgmn  xli.    l 

T',c'  incemprehenji 

CI  AN  creature;,  to  perfection  find 
/    J ".  reared  Mil 

Or  can  the  largeft  ilretch  of  thoyg] 

i 
%  TiS  high  as  h*::  deep  as  hell, 

And  what  cm  know  or  tell? 

His  glory  fpi  pond  tlie  iky, 

And  all  the  (hining  worlds  on  high, 

3  Gc  ng  of  power  unknown  \ 
Firm  are  the  orders  of  his  throne, 
If  he  refolvc,  who  dare  eppofe  I 
Or  afk  him  why  or  what  he  doe 

4  He  frowns,  and  darknefs  veils  the  moon  ; 
The  fainting  fun  grows  dim  at  m 


H     Y     M     X     S. 

The  pillars  of  heav'n's  ftarry  roof 
Tremble  and  itart  at  his  reproof. 

5  He  gave  the  vaulted  heaven  its  form, 
The  crooked  terpen  t  and  the  worm  ; 
He  breaks  the  billows  with  his  biq 
And  fmites  the  ions  of  pride  to  dea 

6  Thefe  are  a  portion  of  his  ways  ! 
But  who  {hail  dare  defcribe  his  face  ? 
"Who  can  endure  his  light,  or  (land 
To  hear  the  thunders  of  his  hand  ? 


Watts. 


fpvmn  XLII.     Common  Metre.     E*  °r  V} 

Go  J  tnc  omt  r  1 1  e  nfihle. 

CELESTIAL  King,  cur  fpirits  lie, 
Trembling  beneath  thy  feet  \ 
And  wiih,  and  call  a  longing  eye, 
To  reach  thy  lofty  feat. 

2  In  thee,  what  endlefs  wonders  meet ! 

What  various  glories  ihine  ! 
The  dazzling  rays  too  fiercely  beat 
Upon  cur  fainting  mind. 

3  Angels  are  lof!  in  glad  furprize, 

unveil  thy  grace  ; 
And  humble  awe  runs  through  the  fides, 
When  wrath  arrays  thy  face. 

4  Created  powers,  how  weak  they  be  ! 

How  ihert  our  praifes  fall  ! 
So  much  akin  to  nothing,  we, 
And  thou  th'  eternal  All. 

5  Lord,  here  we  bend  our  humble  fouls, 

id  awfully  adore  ; 
For  the  weak  pinions  of  cur  minds 


j  i  H     Y     3U     N 

jpgmn  xliii.    i-  [«<*H 

COME,  blcfled  Lqi  d  and  dv. 

By  faith  and  love  within  our  bread  ; 
Then  0>all  wc  know,  and  tafte  and  feel 
Such  joys  as  cannot  be  tfcprd 
;>   Come,  fill  our  hearts  with  in  vara  ftrer; 
Make  our  enlarged  fouls  poflefs, 
And  learn  the  height,  and  breadth,  and  length, 
Of  thy  unmeafurable  grace. 

3  Could  we  but  pierce  the  veil,  and  fee 

The  g-ories  of  th?  eternal  fki 

What  little  things  thcfe  worlds  would  be, 

How  defpicable  in  our  eyes  ! 

4  Great  all  in  all,  eternal  King  i 
Could  we  but  view  thy  glorious  face, 
Then  all  our  powers  ihould  join  to  fing 
Thy  boundlefs  wi  ad  thy  grace. 

5  Now  to  the  God,  whofe  power  in  heaven 
And  earth,  has  works  of  wonder  done, 

cverlafting  honours  given, 
By  ail  the  church,  through  Chrift  hisSc 

Watt  5. 

fymm  xliv.    c  :-e.    [*] 

Cjoip  our  ~ 
With  angels  round  the  thiv 
Ten  thoufand  thoufands  ; 
But  all  their  joys  are  i 

2  "  Worthy  the  Lamb 

u  To  be  exalted  thus  ;" 
"  Worthy  the  Lamb,"  our  lip 
f*  F  (Iain  for 


H    Y    M    H    S. 

to  receive 
tour  d'^d  power  divine  *, 
And  bleffing^  more  th  in  we  can  gi* 
Be,  Lord,  L 

4  Let  all  11  above  the  iky3 

And  air,  and  ear:  is, 

Cor.tplre  to  lift  thy  glories  high, 
■ 

5  The  whole  crea  in  one j 

blefs  the  facred  name 
Of  I  -  throne, 

And  to  adore  the  Lamb.  fxs 

iJ^mn  XLV.     Common  Metre* 

CGME.L  hearty 

I:v  e  ; 

And  let  the  joys  of  heaven  impart 
to  our  long. 

2  Sorrow  and  pain  and  every  eare, 

i  mall  ceafe  -5 
An  and  love  fineere 

Adorn  the  realms  of  peace. 

3  The  foul,  from  fin  forever  free, 

Shall  mourn  ks  power  no  more  ; 
But,  clot  *s  purhy, 

iore. 

4  There,  on  a  throne,  hov. 

Til'  exalted  Saviour  ffii 
And  beam-  '       : 
On  all  the 

5  T 

- 


II    Y    M    K    S. 

6  Loru,  tare  our  hearts  to  praife  and  lev 
Our  feeble  notes  infpire  ; 
Till,  in  thy  biifbful  courrs  above, 

We  join  iti  angelic  c:.  Mrs,  St- 


>mn  XLVI.     Long  Ivh:  :       [ 

V/eary  Sou  it  Mf  . 

COME,  weary  fouls,  with  fin  diflrefb'd. 
Come  and  accept  the  promib'd  reft ; 
rI  he  Saviour's  gracious  call  obey, 
And  caft  your  gloomy  fears  av  ly. 
a  OpprefsM  witli  guilt,  a  painful  load, 
O  come,  and  fpread  your  woes  to  God  ; 
Divine  compailion,  mighty  love, 
Will  all  the  painful  load  remove. 

3  Here  mercy's  boundlefs  ocean  flov. 

To  cleanfe  your  guilt,  and  heal  your  woes  t 
Pardon  and  life  and  endlefs  peace, 
How  rich  the  gift,  how  free  the  grace  ! 

4  Lord,  we  accept  with  thankful  heart 
The  hope  thy  gracious  words  impart  -9 
We  come  with  trembling,  yet  rejoice, 
And  blefs  the  kind  invitin 

5  Great  Saviour,  let  thy  powerful  loi 
Confirm  our  faith,  our  fears  remove  ; 
May  that  fveeet  influence  in  our  breafi: 
Prepare  us  for  thy  he 

rpgmn  xlvil    si.         ire.    [*; 

Hm  \  rrtu. 

Com:-  ,  we  th 
And  let  be  knou 

Join  ig  with  :• . 

And  thu 


H     Y  S. 

tofe  refufe  to  Gi 

Who  never  knev  j  ; 

Iren  of  the  heavenly  King 
*ak  their  joys  abroad. 
[Tiis  heavenly  King  is  oux 
Our  Father  and  our  Love  ; 
He  will  fend  down  his  heave  ;rs 

To  raife  our  fouls  ahc  ■ 

4  There  we  (hall  t  oe, 

rer,  never  Gn  ; 

There,  from  the  rivers  of  his  grace, 

ndlefs  pleafure 

5  YeS|  and  before  we  rife 

immortal  itace, 
The 

.  conftant  joys  create. 

6  Then  let  our  fongs  abound, 
And  ev  be  dry  ! 

We're  marching  through  Emaau 
lo  rairer  wends  on  hi 

w,  - 

am   XLVIII.    "Comp       Metrt 

Cbri 

C  Saviour' 

-d  joy  to  make  i  ; 

:n, 
tie- 

Wi  ie  ; 

And  tell  the  wond'ring  nations  round, 

How  bright  thefe  _ 

>ve 

:  their  rays  ; 
D 


33  H    Y    M    N    S. 

You  that  his  heavenly  influence  prove, 

Can  you  forbear  his  praifc  ? 

4  When  in  his  earthly  c  view 

The  glories  bf  our  KLinjg, 
.  long  co  love  as  angels  do, 
And  wilh  like  them  to  ling. 

5  And  (hall  we  long  and  wifh  in  vain  : 

Lord,  teach  our  fongs  to  rife  -> 
Thy  love  can  animate  the  ilrain, 
And  bid  it  reach  the  Ikies. 

6  O  happy  period  !  glorious  day  ! 

When  heaven  and  earth  (hall  raife, 
With  all  their  powers,  the  raptur'd  lay, 

To  celebrate  thy  praiie.  >.  Steei.l. 

lOVimi   XLIX.      Common  Metre. 

Tbtbappy  End  of  tit  Cbriftan  Qtwfe. 
^EATH  maydifTolve  my  body  now, 
And  bear  my  (pint  home  ; 
Why  do  my  minutes  move  fo  flow, 
Nor  my  falvation  come  ? 

2  With  heav'nly  weapons  I  have  fought 

The  battles  of  the  Lord  ; 
Finiih'd  my  courfe,  and  kept  the  faith, 
And  wait  the  fure  reward. 

3  God  has  laid  up  in  heav'n  for  me, 

A  crown  which  cannot  fade  ; 
The  righteous  Judge,  at  that  great  & 
Shall  place  it  on  my  head. 

4  Nor  hath  the  King  of  grace  decreed 

i  his  prize  tor  me  alone  ; 
But  all  who  hope  and  long  to  fee 
I  :e  of  his  bon. 
ie  Lord,  fhall  guard  xne 
]  i 


HYMN     S.  39 

An^  to  his  heavenly  kingdom  keep 
jle  foul  of  mine. 
6  God  is  my  everlafting  aid, 

My  portion  and  my  friend  ; 

To  him  be  higheit  glory  paid, 

Through  ages  without  end. 

Watts,  altered. 


L.         Long    Metre.         [b3 

CLrifi  the  Plyf.cian  cf  ile  Seal. 

DEEP  are  the  wounds  which  fin  has  made;- 
Where  (hall  the  Gnner  find  a  cure  ? 
In  vain,  alas,  is  Nature's  aid, 
The  work  exceeds  her  utmoft  power. 

2  Sin,  like  a  raging  fever,  reigns 
With  fatal  ftrength  in  every  part  ; 
The  dire  contagion  fills  the  veins, 
And  ipreads  its  poifon  to  the  heart. 

3  But  can  no  fov'reign  balm  be  found  r 
And  is  no  kind  phyfician  nigh, 

To  C2fe  the  pain,  and  heal  the  wound, 
Ere  life  and  hope  forever  fly  ? 

4  Yes,  there's  a  great  Phyfician  near  ; 
Look  up,  my  fainting  foul,  and  live  I 
See,  in  his  heav'nly  imiles  appear 
Such  help  as  nature  cannot  give  ! 

5  See,  in  the  Saviour's  dying  blood, 
Life,  health  and  biifs  abundant  flow  ! 
'Tis  only  that  dear  facred  flood 

Can  eafe  thy  pain  and  heal  thy  woe, 

6  Sin  throws  in  vain  its  pointed  dart, 
For  here  a  fov'reign  cure  is  found  ; 
A  cordial  for  the  fainting  heart, 

palm  for  every  painful  wound.     ~ 

Mrs.  Stfzli 


j,-,  II     Y     M     N     S. 

f)])im\  LI.      Lc;/£  Afr//v. 

DESCEND,  ye  holts  of  angels  I 
And  bear  us  on  your  guardian  \\ 
Through  regions  of  celeftial  light, 
Above  the  reach  of  earthly  thin 

2  Beyond  this  curtain  of  the  iky, 
Up  where  eternal  ages  roll  ! 
Where  folid  pleafures  never  die, 
And  fruits  immortal  feaft  the  foul. 

3  O  for  a  beatific  f 

Of  our  Almighty  Fathers  throne  ! 

There  fits  our  Saviour,  crown'd  with  light, 

Cloth'd  with  a  body  like  our  own. 

4  Adoring  faints  around  him  Hand, 
And  heav'nly  powers  before  him  fall  •, 
The  God  fliines  gracious  through  the  man, 
And  (beds  bright  glories  on  them  all. 

5  "What  joys  unfpeakable  they  feel  ! 
Whilit  to  their  golden  harps  they  fing  •, 
And  echo  from  each  heav'nly  hill, 
The  glorious  triumph 

6  O  may  the  happy  day  draw  nigh, 
When  we  fljstfl  rile  to  realms  above  *, 
To  join  the  mufit  of  the  flcy, 

And  celebrate  redeem; 

Wat 

U3!gmn  Lll.     Common  Metre. 

DO  not  I  love  thee,  O  my  Lc 
Behold  my  heart  and  f< 

nd  turn  each  v.  idol  out, 

h 


II     Y     M    N  41 

not  thy  name  melodious  ft  ill 
To  my  enraptured  ear  ? 
Doth  not  my  pulfe  with  pleafure  beat, 

My  Saviour's  voice  tc  hear  ? 
[aft  thou  a  lamb  in  all  thy  flock 
I  would  difdain  to  feed  ? 
Haft  thou  a  foe,  before  whofe  fage 
I  fear  thy  caufe  to  plead  ? 
4  Would  not  my  ardent  fpirit  vie 
With  angels  round  thy  throne, 
To  execute  thy  facred  will, 
And  make  thy  glory  known  ? 
"  Would  not  my  heart  pour  cut  its  bl 
In  honour  of  thy  name  ? 
And  challenge  the  cold  hand  of  death 
To  damp  th*  immortal  flame  r 
(S  Thou  know'ft  I  love  thee.  O  my  Lord  y 
But  how  I  long  to  foar 
Above  the  fphere  of  mortal  joys, 
And  learn  to  love  thee  more  !       I 

Tpgmn  LIU.     Long  Metre.       [*«»£] 

CLriJrian  P, 

DOST  thou  my  worthlefs  name  record, 
Free  of  thy  holy  city,  Lord  ? 
Am  I  a  finner,  pall'd  to  (hare 

The  precious  privileges  there  ? 

2  Art  thou  my  King,  my  Father  ftyl'd  : 
And  I  thy  fervant  and   thy  child  ? 
Whilft  many  of  the  human  race 

Are  aliens  frcm  thy  Zioirs  grace  ? 

3  Lo,  wretched  millions  draw  their  bre:.~. 
In  land?  of  ignorance  and  death  ! 
But  I  enjoy  my  fhare  of  time, 

oipel's  favcurd  clime 
Da 


42  H     Y     M    N 

4  Shall  I  receive  this  grace  in  vain  ? 

Shall  I  my  great  voc  in  ? 

Away,  ye  works  in  darknefs  wrought  ! 
Away,  each  fenfual,  wanton  thought  ! 

5  My  foul,  1  charge  thee  to  excel 

In  thinking  right,  and  acting  well  > 
Deep  let  thy  fearching  powers 
Unbias'd  in  the  facred  page. 

6  Heighten  the  force  of  good  defire, 
To  deeds  of  ihining  worth  afpire  ; 
More  firm  in  fortitude,  defpife 
The  world's  feducing  vanities. 

7  Strong  and  more  ftrong,  thy  paffions  rule, 
Advancing  {till  in  virtue's  fchool  ; 
Contending  ftill,  with  noble  ftrifej 

To  imitate  thy  Saviour's  life.  Scott. 

Jj)pmn  LIV.         Long  Metre.  [*] 

"The  only  living  and  true  GOD. 

(Pfalm  86.) 

FTERNAL  God,  almighty  Caufc 
„  j  Of  earth  and  fea  and  worlds  unknown  > 
All  things  are  fubjedt  to  thy  laws, 
Ail  things  depend  on  thee  alone. 

2  Thy  glorious  being  fingly  (lands, 
Of  all  within  itfeli  poffett  •, 
Controll'd  by  none  are  thy  commands  } 
Thou  from  thyfelf  alone  art  bleft. 

3  To  thee  alone  ourfelves  we  owe, 
To  thee  alone  our  homage  pay  \ 
All  other  gods  we  difavow, 

Deny  their  claims,  renounce  their  fway, 

4  In  thee,  O  Lord,  our  hope  (hall  reft, 
Fountain  of  peace  and  joy  and  love  I 


II    Y    M 

.  :  thee,  all  woul  rare. 

Worfhi  :  ; 

Thine  be  our  be 
And  tc 

\ 
The  ne  ; 

i  reign,  :. 

Br- 

.  n  lv. 

Who  yet 
Th] 
*   O  guid  :   age, 

Ai  :i  ; 

Teach  ;    . 
An 

3  M  s,  time  urges  on, 

My 

My 

ftay  ? 

4  Can  I 

Pr<  in  ? 

Can  jn  prolong  my  breath, 

Or  cordials  ihield  my  iie^rr  : 

5  But  thou  cand  cheer  my  mortal  houij 

On 
Su 


44  H     Y    1,1    N    S, 

6  Then  let  my  foul,  O  gracious  G^ 

And,  in  that  iucr-.d  bk 
Its  end!  pay. 

7  Throughout  the  heaven-s  rcmotcft  bouna 

itchlefs  Ipire  proclaim  > 
od  ioin  the  choir  of  faints  that  found 
1  heir  great  I 

B    Williams'*  Colle&ion. 

£}jiii!!  1.V1.         Long  Metre. 

Pre/truing  Goodnefs. 

T^  TERNAL  Cod,  I  blefs  thy  name, 

_IP  i  1  he  "'  pov/r,  thy  grace  the  famt:  j 

The  tokens  of  thy  friendly  care 

Open  a;;d  clofe  ar 
<2  Supported  by  thy  guardian  hand, 
.rriidft  teg  thcufand  deaths  I  Hand  ; 

And  fee,  when  I  furvey  thy  ways, 

Ten  thousand  monuments  of  praife. 
pi  has  led  rr.e  on, 

Thus  far  I  ma  mercy  known  \ 

And  whilit  I  {read  thi 

New  mercies  (ha  demand 

4  My  grateful  voice  on  Jordan's  (hore 

.Shall  r.iife  one  {acred  pillar  more  ; 
ri  be  \r  in  thy  bright  courts  above, 

Infer 

Doddridge. 

I  rtn  LVI I .      Common  Metre. 

■ 

El  .'I 
Of  bled  m  thy  hand  ' 

lo  banifl  be  bleft 


ii    y    m 

health. 
ol  th^foul  j 

lake 
To  him  who  plans  me  v  hole. 

Whatever,  Lord,  of  earthly  b 
Thy  fov  reign  will  den 

Accepted  at  thy  thi  race, 

Let  this  petition  rife  : 

..Give  me  a  calm,  a  thankful  hear:, 
From  every  murmur  free  j 
The  bieiTings  of  thy  grace  impart. 

And  m<Ae  me  live  to  thee. 
Let  the  bleil  hope  that  thoti  art  mine 

life  and  death  attt 
Thy  pretence  through  my  jaurney  mine, 
And  crown  my  journey's  end. 

R.r:'.)x':  Col;./ 


■:  LVIII.      Lair' Metre.        \ 

Cud  :  all  Praife* 

T^  TERNAL  Power,  wh  >fe  hi  ;h  abc 

1  a   Becomes  the  grandeur  of  the  God, 

Extending  far  beyond  the 
"WWere  ftars  revolve  inferior 

2  The  loweit  i:ep  beneath  thy  fa;.: 
Rills  tco  high  ic:  Gi 

In  vain  the  tali  an  .  tries 

To  reach  its  height,  id'ring  eyes. 

3  Thy  dazzlin  ; 

He  hide  is  wings, 

And  ranks  of  thrones  around, 

Fall  prcfrrate  on  the  .  gfouiid. 

4  Lord,  what  (hall  earth  an 
We  would  adere  our  I 


4tf  H     Y     M    N    S. 

From  lowed  dull  to  t\  pry, 

The   great,  the  holy,  and  the  high, 

5  Earth  from  afar  hatS  heard  thy  fame, 
And  men  have  learn  *d  to  lifp  thy  name  * 
But  the  full  glories  of  thy  mind 
Leave  aij   oui   lairing  thoughts  behind. 

6  God  is- m  heaven,  and  men  below  ; 

\5t  fliort  cur  hymns,  cur  words  be  few  ; 
A  facred  reverence  checks  our  fongs, 
And  praife  is  fiient  on  cur  tongues. 

Watts. 

vPmn  LIX.        Long  Metre.         IfZ 

Vhine  Cocdnefs. 

ETERNAL  Source  of  every  joy  ! 
Weil  may  thy  praife  our  iips  employ  ; 
Whilfl:  in  thy  temple  we  appear, 
Thy  goodneft  crowns  the  circling  year. 

2  Wide  as  the  earth  and  planets  roll, 

Thy  hand  fupports  and  cheers  the  whole  \ 
By  thee,  the  lun  is  taught  to  rife, 
And  darknefs  when  to  veil  the  ikies. 

3  The  flowery  fpring,  at  thy  command, 
Embalms  the  air  and  paints  the  land  •, 

fummer  rays  with  vigour  fliine, 
ife  the  corn  and  cheer  the  vine. 

4  S  |        onths  and  weeks  and  days 
Demand  fucceffiye  hymns  of  praife  ; 

•  be  the  ehfcerfiil  homage  paid, 
With  morning  light  and  evening  fhade. 

£  O,  may  our  rnor  fJUes* 

In  worlds  unknown,  purfiie  the  fongs, 
KnA  in  thofe  brighter  courts  adore, 
W^:  and  years  revolve  no  more. 

Liverpool  c 


H     Y  M    N     S.  47 

Jppsr.n  LX.    Long  Mi 

- 

ETERNAL  S 
And  Gng  the 

iov    Q 

iten'd  by  I  ray, 

Oui  :     lay  \ 

us  know 

Our  danger  and  our  rei 

3  Thy 

And  breaks  the  chains  of  re 
Doth  our  imperious  li  le. 

And  forms  c . 

4  The  troubled  coi  knows  thy  voice, 
It  makes  the  broken  heart  rejoice  \ 

Thy  words  allay  the  ftormy  wind, 
And  calm  the  (urges  iiad. 

Wai 

!pt)i:m  LXL     Common  Metre.        [*] 

ETERNAL  > 
The  :s  fing  •, 

i  thy  great  feai 

And  he  • 
. 

How  glorious  to  behold  ! 

And  ftarrM  with  . 

3  T;  f  light 

Their  endlefs  cir;leo  run  ; 

A: 


48  h    r   ?,i   n 

4  The  roaring  winds  ftand  read] 

With  fpr  .  they  fweep  ilic  air, 

To  make  thy 

5  The 

Obi 
Thy  breath  can  raife  the  billows  fie 
Or  fand. 

6  Thy  glories  blaze  all  nature  ro 

And  feeble  I 

Through  I  feas  and  folid  ground. 

With  tei  delight. 

7  Infinite  ftfength  and  equal  fltill 

Shine  through  the  worlds  abroad  ; 
Our  foul  mazement  fill, 

And  fpeak  the  builder,  God. 

Wi 

ipgmn  lxii.   i 

( '■' }  '  t  e:  ■  &ltc  !  c  Frirc  a        . .' ;  vr. 

E\  LTED  Prince  c  f  lif  ,  we  own 
rFhe  rttyal  hoi 
Tis  fix'd  by  C  ind, 

And  feraphs  bow  at  thy  command. 

2  Exalted  Saviour 

The  fovereig  s  of  thy  gra< 

Where  beam9  of  gentle  radiance  fhine, 
And  temper 

3  Wide  thy  i  ceptre  fa  . 
Till  all  thy  en 

Wide  may  tb  s  virtue  pr< 

And  conquer  millions  by  thy  h 
uifli  and  forgive  ! 
:  repent  ana  lb 


H     Y     M    K    S.  49 

And  loud  proclaim  thy  healing  breath, 
Which  gives  them  life,  who  wrought  thy  death. 

Doddridge.. 

fppmn  LXlIt.  Common  Metre.  [«ort>] 

Walking   by  Fa 

XT' AITH  is  the  brighteft  evidence 
Jl     Of  things  beyond  our  fight ; 
It  pierces  through  the  veil  of  fenibj 
And  dwells  in  heav'nly  light. 

2  It  fets  time  pad  in  prefent  view, 

Brings  diftant  profpec~ts  home  § 
Of  things  a  thoufand  years  ago, 
Or  thoufand  years  to  come. 

3  By  faith  we  knew  the  world  was  made 

By  God's  almighty  word  ; 
We  know  the  heavens  and  earth  fhall  fade, 
And  be  again  reftor'd. 

4  Abrah'm  obey'd  the  Lord's  command^ 

From  his  own  country  driven  ; 

By  faith  he  fought  a  promised  land, 

But  found  his  reft  in  heaven. 

5  Thus  through  life's  pilgrimage  we  ftray, 

The  promife  in  our  eye  ; 
By  faith  we  walk  the  narrow  way, 
That  leads  to  joy  on  high. 

Altered  from  Watts. 

Jpgtttn  LXIV.     Long  Metre.     [*  or  b} 

Preparation  f*r  religions  JVorjbip, 

' AR  from  my  thoughts,vain  world, be  gone, 
Let  my  religious  hours  alone  ; 
From  flefh  and  fenfe  I  would  be  free, 
And  hold  communion,  Lcvd,  witfc  thee, 
E 


5o  H     Y     M     N 

2  My  heart  grows  warm  with  holy  fire, 
And  kindles  with  a  pure  defire 

To  fee  thy  grace,  to  taite  thy  love, 
And  feel  thine  influence  from  above. 

3  When  I  can  fay  that  God  is  mine  ; 
When  I  can  fee  thy  glories  ftiine  ; 
I  tread  the  world  beneath  my  feet, 
And  all  chat  men  call  rich  and  great. 

4  Send  comfort  down  from  thy  right  hand, 
To  cheer  me  in  this  barren  land  ! 

And  in  thy  temple  let  me  know 

The  joys  that  from  thy  prefence  flow. 

ercd  from  Watts, 


LXV.      Commcn   Metre.      [$] 

The  Succrfs  of  the  G 

I  RATHER,  is  not  thy  promife  fure 
To  thy  exalted  Son  ? 
That  through  the  nations  of  the  earth 
Thy  word  cf  life  (hall  run  ! 

"  Aft.  atid  receive  the  heathen  lands 

For  thine  inheritance, 
And  to  the  world's  remote  ft  ends 

Thy  empire  fhall  advance." 
JTafb  thou  nor  faid,  the  blinded  Jews 

Shall  their  Redeemer  own  ? 
Whilft  Gentiles  to  bis  ftandard  crowd, 

And  bow  before  his  throne  ? 

Are  not  all  kingdoms,  tribes  and  tongues^ 

Beneath  the  arch  of  heaven, 
To  the  dominion  of  thy  Son, 

Without  exception,  given  ? 

From  eaft  to  weft,  from  north  to  foutl . 
Then  be  his  name  ador'J ; 


H     Y     M    N    S.  51 

Let  earth  with  all  its  millions  Siout 

Hofanna  to  the  Lord. 

~:ion. 

^piIUl  LX VI.    Commtn  Miirc.    [H  or ;] 

Lord's  Prayer. 

FATHER  of  all  !  Eternal  Mind  ! 
Thou  great  and  good  alone  ! 
ihv  children  form'd  and  blefs'd  by  thee, 

Approach  thy  facred  throne. 

2  Thy  name  in  hallow'd  (trains  be  fung  ! 

We  join  the  foiernn  prai.e  ; 
To  thy  great  name,  with  heart  and  tongue* 
Our  cheerful  homage  raife. 

3  Thy  righteous,  mild  and  equal  reign, 

Let  every  being  own  •, 
And  in  our  minds,  thy  work  divine, 
Erect  thy  gracious  throne. 

4  As  angels,  round  thy  feat  above, 

Thy  Weft  commands  fulfil  *, 
So  may  thy  creatures,  here  below, 
Perform  I  r'nly  will. 

5  On  thee,  we  day  by  clay  depend, 

Our  daily  wants  fupply  ; 
And  feed  with  truth  and  virtue  pure, 
Our  fouls  which  never  die. 

6  Extend  thy  grace  to  every  fault, 

Ana  let  thy  love  forgive  •, 
Teach  us  divine  forgivenefs  too, 

r  let  refentinent  live, 

7  Where  tempting  fnares  befet  the  way, 

Permit  us  not  to  tread  •, 
Avert  the  threat'ning  evil  near, 
From  our  unguarded  head. 


52  H     Y     M    N    & 

3  Thy  facred  name  we  thus  adore, 
And  bow  before  thy  throne  *, 
For  kingdom,  powd  and  glory,  Lord, 
Belong  to  thee  alone.  [jiverpoi 


S>gmn   LXVII.     Common  Metre.    [*] 

'The  Ur.':-ue>fjl    i/  aycr. 

FATHER  of  all  !  whofe  cares  extend 
no  earth's  remoteit  ihore  •, 
Thi    ugh  every  age  let  praife  afcend, 

And  every  clime  adore. 
Yet  net  to  earth's  contracted  fpan, 

Thy  goodnefs  let  me  bound  ; 
Or  think  thee  Lord  alone  of  man, 

When  thoufand  worlds  are  round. 
To  thee,  whofe  prefence  fills  all  fpace. 

The  earth,  the  air,  the  ikies  ; 
One  chorus  let  all  beings  raife, 

All  nature's  incenfe  rife  ! 
Father  of  all  !  whofe  tender  care 

Does  every  want  fupply  ; 
To  thee  I  pour  the  fervent  prayer, 

And  raife  the  filial  eye. 
What  blefTings  thy  free  bounty  give: 

Let  me  not  caft  away  ; 
Who  gratefully  enjoys  and  lives, 

Does  die  beft  homage  pay. 
Save  me  alike  from  foolifh  pride, 

Or  impious  difepntent  ; 

Lght  thy  wif  lorn  has  deny'd, 

Or  aught  thy  goodnefs  lent. 
Teach  me  to  feel  another's  woe} 

To  hide  the  faults  I  fee  ; 
That  mercy  I  to  others  ihow, 

That  mercy  mow  to  n 


H     Y     M     N     S.  53 

8  Let  not  this  weak  unknowing  hand 

Prefume  thy  holts  to  throw, 
And  deal  deftru£Hon  round  the  land. 

On  each  I  judge  thy  foe. 

9  If  I  am  right,  thy  grace  impart, 

Still  in   the  right  to  (lay  ; 
If  I  am  wrong,  O  teach  my  heart 
To  find  that  better  way. 
io  This  day,  be  bread  and  peace  my  lot  ; 
But,  all  beneath  the  fun, 
Thou  know'ft  if  beft  beftow'd  or  not  ; 
Then  let  thy  will  he  done. 

Altered  from  Pore. 

Jj)J)mn  LXVUl.  Common  Metre.  [«orb] 

Prudence. 

FATHER  of  light  !  conduct  my  feet 
Through  life's  dark,  dangerous  road  *, 
Let  each  advancing  ftep  ft  ill  bring 
Me  nearer  to  my  God. 

2  Let  heav'n  ey'd  prudence  be  my  guide, 

And  when  I  go  aftray, 
Recal  my  feet  from  folly's  path, 
To  wildom's  better  way. 

3  Teach  me  in  ev'ry  various  fcene 

To  keen  my  end  in  light  ; 
And  whiilt  I  tread  life's  mazy  track, 
Let  wifdom  guide  me  right. 

4  That  heavenly  wifdom  from  above 

Abundantly  impart  ; 
And  let  it  guard,  and  guide,  and  warm, 
And  penetrate  my  heart. 

5  Till  it  {hall  lead  me  to  thyfclf, 

Fountain  cf  Mil's  and  love ; 
E   2 


54  H     Y     M    N    S. 

And  all  my  darknefs  be  difpers'ci, 
In  endltf.  light  above. 


)t(tr\  LXIX.       Long   Metre.       [ 

-  fc  fjr  Kai '-.■  and  ft  uiij 

FATHER  of  light  !  we  fing  thy  name, 
Who  made  the  fun  to  rule  the  day  : 
Wide  as  he  fpreads  his  golden  flame, 
His  beams  thy  power  and  love  difpiay. 
2  Fountain  of  good  !   from  thee  proceed 
The  copious  (bowers  of  genial  rain  ; 
Which,  o'er  the  hilJ  and  through  the  mead., 
Revive  the  grafs  and  fwell  the  grain. 
J  Through  the  wide  world  thy  bounties  fpread  j 
Yet  thousands  of  our  guilty  race, 
Though  by  thy  daily  goodnels  fed, 
Tranfgrefg  tby  law,  abufe  thy  grace. 

4  Not  fo,  fhall  our  forgetful  hearts 

O'erlook  the  tokens  of  thy  care  ; 
But,  what  thy  liberal  hand  imparts, 

Receive  with  praife,  and  afk  in  prayer. 

5  So  fhall  the  fun  more  graceful  fhine, 

And  (bowers  in  welcome  drops  (hall  fall  i 
When  all  our  hearts  and  lives  are  thine, 
And  thou,  cur  God,  enjoy 'd  in  all. 

6  Jefus  !   our  brighter  Sun,  arife, 

In  plenteous  fliowers,  thy  Spirit  fend, 
Earth  then  ihall  grow  to  Paradifc  ; 
And  in  celeltiai  Eden  end. 

Doddridge. 

ItJgmtl  LXX.      Long  [#] 

At  the  Ordination  of  a 

FATHER  of  mercies  !  oufe 

We  pay  cur  homage  and  p 


H    Y    M    N    S.  55 

Whilft  with  a  grateful  heart  we  dure 
Thefe  pledges  of  our  Saviours  care. 

2  The  Saviour,  when  to  heav'n  he  rofe, 
In  fplendid  triumph  o'er  his  foes, 
Scattcr'd  his  gifts  on  men  below, 
And  wide  his  royal  bounties  flow. 

3  Hence  fprang  th'  Apoftlcs  hcnour'd  name, 
Sacred  beyond  heroic  fame  ; 

Hence  dictates  the  prophetic  fage, 
And  hence  the  evangelic  page. 

4  In  lower  forms  to  blefs  our  eyes, 
Pallors  from  hence  and  Teachers  rife  ; 
Who,  though  with  feebler  rays  they  ihine^ 
Still  mark  a  long  extended  line. 

5  From  Chrift  their  varied  gifts  derive, 
And,  fed  by  him,  their  graces  live  ; 
Whilft  guarded  by  his  potent  hand, 
Amidft  the  rage  of  hell  they  ftand. 

6  So  (hall  the  bright  fucceflion  run, 
Through  ail  the  courfes  of  the  fun  ; 
Whilft  unborn  churches,  by  their  care, 
Shall  rife  and  flourifh  large  and  fair. 

7  Jefiis,  our  Lord,  their  hearts  {hall  know 
The  fpring  whence  all  thefe  ble flings  flow  -f 
Paftors  and  people  ihout  his  pfaife, 
Through  the  long  round  of  endlefs  days. 

Doddridge. 

Jl)J)mn  LXXI.     Common  Metre.     [*1 

The  Excelhncy  and  Sufficiency  of  the  Sstipiures. 

FATHER  of  mercies  !  in  thy  word 
What  endlefs  glory  fhines  ! 
Forever  be  thy  name  ador'd, 
For  thefe  celeftial  lines. 


5  •  HYMN     S. 

2  Here  may  the  jarretched  ions  of  want 

Exhauillefs  riches  find  ; 
Treafures  beyond  what  earth  can  grant, 
And  lafting  as  the  mind. 

3  Here  the  fair  tree  of  knowledge  grows, 

And  yields  a  free  repair.  ; 
Sublimer  fruits  than  nature  knows, 
Invite  the  longing  taite. 

4  Here  the  Redeemer's  welcome  voice 

Spreads  heav'nly  peace  around  -> 
And  life  and  everlafting  joys 
Attend  the  blifsful  found. 

5  O  may  thefe  heavenly  pages  be 

Our  ftudy  and  delight  ; 
And  ftill  new  beauties  may  we  fee, 
And  (till  increafing  light. 

6  Divine  inftructor,  gracious  Lord, 

Be  thou  forever  near  $ 
Teach  us  to  love  thy  facred  word, 
And  view  cur  Saviour  there. 

Mrs.  Steele. 

Jpgmn  LXXII.  Common  Metre.    [*otM 

Love  to  cur  Neighbour* 

FATHER  of  mercies  !  fend  thy  grace, 
All  powerful,  from  above, 
To  form,  in  our  obedient  fouls, 
The  image  of  thy  love. 

2  O  may  our  fympathifing  breads 

That  generous  pleafure  know  *, 
Kindly  to  {hare  another's  jqy, 
And  weep  for  others'  woe. 

3  Whene'er  the  helplcfs  fons  of  want 

In  low  diftrefs  are  laid, 


HYMNS.  57 

>ft  be  our  hearts  their  pains  to  feel, 
And  fwift  pur  hands  to  aid. 

4.  So  Jefus  look'd  on  wretched  man, 
When  feated  in  the  fkies  ; 
Amidft  the  glories  of  that  world, 
He  felt  compaflion  rife. 

5  On  wings  of  love  the  Saviour  flew, 
To  raife  us  from  the  ground  •, 
And  fhed  his  rich  and  precious  blood, 
A  balm  for  every  wound. 

Doddridge, 

fpgmn  LXXIII.     Long  Metre,     [fcorj?;] 

Huzt  llliv. 

FOLLY  builds  high  upon  the  fand  •, 
But  lowly  let  my  bafis  be  ; 
Firm  as  a  rock,  my  hope  fliall  ftand, 
Deep  founded  in  humility. 

2  Content,  when  threatening  ills  obtrude, 
Sweet  meek  ey'd  patience  arm  my  foul  \ 
And  let  a  prudent  fortitude 

Teach  me  my  paffions  to  control. 

3  My  God,  I  long  to  know  thee  ftili, 
To  love  and  fear  and  truft  thee  more  ; 
To  live  fubmiffive  to  thy  will, 

And  whilft  I  feel  thy  grace,  adore. 

4  My  faith  and  love,  obedient  be, 

O  Saviour,  to  chy  juil  commands  ! 
My  ardent  foul  {till  follows  thee, 
And  trufts  her  intereft  in  thy  hands. 

5  Let  love  and  mercy  all  divine, 
Juftice  defcending  from  the  fkies, 
Kindnefs  and  truth  my  heart  incline 
Still  to  forgive  my  enemies, 


5  8  H     Y     M     N    S. 

6  Thus  may  I  act  the  Chriftian  part, 
The  focial,  htimane  and  divine  ; 
Whilft  a  wife  zeal  infpires  my  heart, 
Then  fhall  I  know  that  heaven  is  mine. 

>RT. 

JDpmn  LXXIV;   Common  Metre.    [*  or  |>] 

Abraham  i  Blcjpng  extended  to  the  (/ 

GENTILES  by  nature,  we  belong 
To  the  wild   olive  wood  ; 
Grace  took  us  from  the  barren  tree, 
And  grafts  us  en  the  good. 

2  With  the  fame  blcflings,  grace  endows 

The   Gentile  as  the  Jew  ! 
If  pure  and  holy  be  the  root, 
Such  are  tho  branches  too. 

3  Then  let  the  children  of  the  faints 

Be  fanctify'd  to  God  •, 
In  that  great  covenant,  confirmed 
By  water  and  by  blood. 

4  Thus  to  the  parents,  and  their  feed, 

Shall  thy  falvation  come  ; 
And  numerous  houfeholds  meet  at  laft 
In  one  eternal  home. 

Wa  i 


11)2 mtl  LXXV.       Long  Metre. 

The  Excellency  of  toe  Gcfpcl. 

GOD,  in  the  gofpel  of  his  Son, 
Makes  his  eternal  counfels  known  ; 
And  finners  of  a  humble  frame 
May  tafte  his  grace,  and  learn  his  name. 
2  Wifdom  its  di&ates  here  imparts, 

To  form  our  minds,  to  cheer  our  hearts  \ 
Irs  influence  makes  the  fmner  live, 
[t  bids  the  drooping  faint  revive. 


H    Y     M-  N    S.  50 

3  Our  raging  pafLons  it  controls, 
And  comfort  yields  to  contrite  fouls  ; 
It  guides  us   ali  our  journey  through, 
And  brings  a  better  world  to  view. 

4  May  this  bleft  volume  ever  lie 

Clofe  to  my  heart,  and  near  my  eye  ; 
To  life's  hilt  hour  my  foul  employ, 
And  fit  me  for  the  heav'nly  joy. 

Bf.ddo.mi:. 

IpgUmLXXVL    Common  Metre.    PKorfe] 

Sincerity  and  Hxpccrijy. 

GOD  is  a  Spirit,  juft  and  wife, 
He  fees  our  inmoft  mind  ; 
In  vain  to  heav'n  we  raife  our  eyes, 
And  leave  our  hearts  behind. 

2  Nothing  but  truth  before  his  throne 

"With  honour  can  appear  ; 
The  painted  hypocrites  are  known, 
Through  the  difguife  they  wear. 

3  Their  lifted  hands  falute  the  ikies, 

Their  bended  knees  the  ground  ; 
But  God  abhors  the  facriiice 
Where  not  the  heart  is  found. 

4  Lord,  fearch  my  thoughts,  and  try  my  ways, 

And  make  my  foul  fincere  ; 
Then  {hail  I  (land  before  thy  face, 
And  find  acceptance  there. 

Watts. 

Dimm  LXXVII.    Long  Metre.    [*of  t>] 

Redeeming    Tim;. 

COD  of  eternity,  from  thee 
_  r    Did  infant  time  its  being  draw  •, 
Minutes  and  clays  and  months  and  fears 
Revolve  by  thy  unvaried  law. 


** 


H     tf     M     N    S. 

4  Silent  and  flow  they  glide  away  ; 
Steady  and  ftrong  the  current  flows  5 
Till  loft  in  that  unmcafur'd  fea, 
From  which  its  being  fir  ft  arofe. 

3  The  thoughtlefs  fons  of  Adam's  race 
Upon  the  rapid  ft  ream  ate  borne  ; 
To  that  unfeen,  eternal  home, 
From  which  no  travellers  return. 

4  Yet  whilft  the  (hore,  on  either  fide, 
Prefents  a  gaudy,  flattering  fhow  ; 
We  gaze,  in  fond  amazement  loft, 
Nor  think  to  what  a  world  we  go. 

5  Great  Source  of  wifdom,  teach  our  hearts 
To  know  the  price  of  every  hour  \ 
That  time  may  bear  us  on  to  joys, 
Beyond  its  meafure  and  its  power. 

Reformed  Liturgy. 

mmn  LXXVIII.     Long  Metre.      [*] 

Gratitude  fur  all  Thirgs. 

GOD  of  my  life,  my  thanks  to  thee 
Shall,  like  my  debts,  continual  be  ? 
In  conftant  ftreams  thy  bounty  flows, 
Nor  end,  nor  intermiffion  knows. 

2  From  thee,  my  comforts  all  arife, 

My  num'rous   wants  thy  hand  fupplies  \ 
Nor  can  I  need  or  wifh  for  more 
Than  thou  canft  furnifh  from  thy  ftore. 

3  If  what  I  afk,  my  God  denies, 

It  is  becaufe  he's  good  and  wife  ; 

And  what  for  evils  I  miftake, 

He  can  iny  greateft  ble flings  make. 

4  Deep,  Lord,  upon  my  thankful  bread* 
Lst  A\  thy  goodncfe  be  irr.prefs'd  \ 


H     Y     M    N     S.  61 

Difpofe  me,  each  revolving  day, 
For  dally  gifts  my  praife  to  pay. 
5  In  praife  I'll  lpend  my  lateft  breath  ; 
Then  yield  it  to  the  call  of  death, 
In  hope  that  thou  my  flsfh  wilt  raife, 
To  celebrate  thy  deathlefs  praife. 

Biown,  with  Addition. 

JpOtnn  LXXIX.     Long  Metre. 

Unteajlng  Praife 

GOD  of  my  life,  through  all  its  days 
My  grateful  tongue  (hall  found  thy  praife  ; 
The  long  (hall  wake  with  dawning  light, 
And  warble  to  the  filent  night. 

2  When  anxious  cares  would  break  my  reft, 
And  grief  would  tear  my  throbbing  breaft. 
Thy  tuneful  praife  s  raised  on  high, 

Shall  check  the  murmur  and  the  figh, 

3  When  death  o'er  nature  ihall  prevail, 
And  all  the  powers  of  language  fail, 
joy  through  my  feeble  eyes  (hall  break j 
And  mean  thofe  thanks  I  cannot  fpea'k. 

4  But  when  the   final  conflict's  o'er, 
My  fpirit  chain'd  to  flefh  no  more  -y 
With  what  glad  accents  ihaii  I  rife 
To  join  the  itttofic  of  the  Odes  ! 

5  Soon  (hall  I  learn  th;  exalted  drains, 
Which  echo  through  £ 

And  emulate,  wii  vn, 

round  thy  throne. 

6  This  cheerful  tribute   will  I  give, 
Long  as  a  death)!  Jail  live  ^ 
A  work  fo  vaft,  a  theme  fo  h: 

s  a  whole  etftfoi 

F  DODIRlDGf. 


6*  H    Y    M    N    S. 

fygmn  LXXX.   Common  Metre.  [Hw|>] 

Tie   Myflcr'us   of  Providence. 

GOD  moves  in  a  myfterious  way, 
His  counfcls  to  perform  ? 
lie  marks  his  footiteps  on  the  fea, 
And  rides  upon  the  ftorm. 

2  Deep,  in  unfathomable  mines 

Of  never  failing  (kill, 
He  treafures  up  his  bright  defigns, 
And  works  his  fov'reign  will. 

3  Let  fearful  faints  frefh  courage  take  j 

The  clouds  they  fo  much  dread 
Are  big  with  mercy,  and  fhall  break 
In  bleflings  on  their  head. 

4  Judge  not  the  Lord  by  feeble  fenfe. 

But  trait  him  for  his  grace  ; 
Behind  a  frowning  Providence* 
He  hides  a  fmiiing  face. 

5  His  purpofes  will  ripen  fait, 

Unfolding  every  hour  ; 
The  bud  may  have  a  bitter  tafte, 
But  fweet  will  be  the  flower. 

6  Blind  unbelief  is  fure  to  err, 

And  fcan  his  work  in  vain  ; 
God  is  his  own  interpreter, 
And  he  will  make  it  plain. 

Co\VP>R. 

Ipjmttt  LXXXI.  Common  Metre.  [*or>] 

Divine  I  r 

(^1  OD  reigns  ;   events  in  order  flow, 
JT   Man's  induftry  to  guide  •, 

But  in  a  different  channel  go, 
To  humble  human  pride. 


HYMN    ft  63 

The  fwift,  not  always  in  the  race, 

Shall  win  the  crowning  prize  ; 
Not  always  wealth  and  honour  grace 

The  labours  of  the  wife. 
Fond  mortals  do  themfelves  beguile, 

When  on  themfeives  they  relt  ; 
Blind  is  their  wifdom,  vain  their  toil, 

By  thee,  O  Lord,  unbicft. 
Tis  ours,  the  furrows  to  prepare, 

And  low  the  precious  grain  ; 
'Tis  thine  to  give  the  fun  and  air, 

And  to  command  the  rain. 
Evil  and  good  before  thee  Hand, 

Their  million  to  perform  ; 
The  fun  mines  bright  at  thy  command  ; 

Thy  hand  directs  the  florm. 
In  all  thy  ways,  we  humbly  own 

Thy  providential  power  *, 
Entruiting  to  thy  care  alone, 

The  lot  of  everv  hour.  Scoxr. 


G 


pf)*tin  LXXXIL    Long  Metre.   IX  or ;] 

The  Fear  of  God. 

1  REAT  Author  of  all  nature's  frame, 
J"    Holy  and  reverend  is  thy  name  \ 
Thou,  Lord  of  life  and  Lord  cf  death, 
Worlds  rife  and  vanifh  at  thy  breath. 

2  Nations  in  thine  all-feeing  eye 
Are  lefs  than  nothing,  vanity  -, 
Againil  thee,  who  Ciall  lift  his  hand  r 
Before  thy  terrors  who  can  (land  ? 

3  But  bled  are  they,  O  gracious  Lord, 
Who  fear  thy  name,  and  hear  thy  word  ! 
With  fuch  thy  dwelling  is,  on  thofe, 
Thy  peaee  its  joy  divh;e  bettor 


54  H     Y     M     N 

4  Thy  wifdom  guides,  thy  power  defends 
Their  life,  till  life  its  journey  ends"; 
Death  fhall  convey  them  to  thy  feat, 
Where  all  thy  faints  in  glory  meet. 

5  O  that  my  foul  with  awful  fenfe 
Of  thy  tranfeendent  excellence, 
May  clofe  the  clay,  the  day  begin, 
Watchful  againft  each  darling  fin, 

6  Never,  O  never  from  my  heart 
May  this  great  principle  depart  ; 
But  act  with  unabating  power, 

Within  me  to  my  lateit  hour.  Scott. 

fpgmrt  LXXXIII.     Long  Metre.     [«] 

The  Divine  Good/iefs  imitated. 

GREAT  Author  of  the  immortal  mind, 
For  nobleft  thoughts  and  views  defign'd ; 
Make  me  defirous  to  exprefs 
The  image  of  thy  holinefs, 

2  Whilft  I  thy  boundlefs  love  admire, 
Grant  me  to  catch  the  facred  fire  ; 
Thus  fliall  my  heav'nly  birth  be  known, 
And  as  thy  child,  thou  wilt  me  own. 

3  Father,  I  fee  thy  fun  arife, 

To  cheer  thy  friends  and  enemies  ; 

And  when  from  heaven  thy  rain  dc  fcends. 

Thy  bounty  both  alike  befriends. 

4  Enlarge  my  foul  with  love  like  thine, 
My  mortal  powers  by  grace  refine  j 
So  fliall  1  feel  another's  woe, 

And  freely  feed  a  hungry  foe. 

5  I  hope  for  pardon  through  thy  Son, 

'    For  all  the  crimes  which  I  have  done  ; 
Then  may  the  grace  that  pardons  me, 
Coiiilrain  me  to  forgive  lite  thee. 

pon*8  Collection. 


H    Y     M    N    :>.  65 

ipglimLXXXIV.  Hallelujah  Mettt. 

GREAT  Father  of  mankind, 
'   We  bfcfs  that  wond'rous  grace, 
"Which  could  for  Gentiles  find, 
Within  thy  courts,  a  place. 

How  kind  the  care 

Our  God  displays, 

For  us  to  raife 

A  houfe  of  prayer  ! 
I  Once  we  were  ftrangefs  here, 
But  now  approach  the  throne  ; 
For  Jefus  brings  us  near. 
And  makes  our  caufe  his  own. 

Strangers  no  more, 

To  thee  we  come  ; 

And  find  our  home, 

And  reft  fecure. 
[  To  thee  our  fouls  we  join, 
And  love  thy  fa  ere  d  name  j 
No  more  cur  own,  but  thine, 
Wc  triumph  in  thy  claim. 

Our  Father,  King, 

Thy  coy  nant  grace 

Our  fouls  embrace, 

Thy  glories  fine. 

JO  o 

j.  Kcre  in  thy  houfe  we  feaft 
On  dainties  all  divine  *, 
And  whilft  fuch  food  we  tafte, 
With  joy  our  Lees  fhinc. 
Incenfe  (hall  rife 
From  flames  of  love, 
And  God  approve 
The  facrificc. 
F  2 


6o  II    Y    M    N    8. 

5  May  all  the  nations  throng, 
To  worfhip  in  thy  houfe  *, 
Wilt  thou  attend  the  fong, 
And  hear  their  ardent  vows  ! 

Indulgent  (till, 

Till  earth  ccrifpire 

To  join  the  choir, 

On  Zion's  hill.  ppooitiBoi, 

3])J)mn  LXXXV.     Common  Metre.    [*] 

Creation  and  Prcn.  .'•.'  nee, 

GREAT  firft  of  beings,  mighty  Lcrd 
Uf  all  this  wond'rous  frame  ; 
Produc'd  by  thy  creating  word, 
The  world  from  nothing  came. 

2  Thy  voice  fent  forth  the  high  command, 

Twas  inftantly  obey'd  •, 
And  through  thy  goodnefs  all  things  fland^ 
Which  by  thy  power  were  made. 

3  Thy  glories  fhine  throughout  the  whole. 

Each  .part  rerlects  thy  light ; 
By  thee,  in  courfe,  the  planets  roll, 
And  day  fucceeds  the  night. 

4  By  thee,  the  fun  difpenfes  heat, 

And  beams  of  cheering  day  *, 
The  diftant  ftars  in  order  fet. 
By  night,  thy  power  difplay. 

5  By  thee,  the  earth  its  produce  yields  \ 

By  thee,  the  waters  flow  ; 
And  various  plants  adorn  the  fields, 
And  trees  afpiring  grow. 

6  Infpir'd  with  praife,  our  minds  purfue 

This  wife  and  noble  end  ; 
And  all  we  think,  and  all  we  do 
Shall  to  thy  honour  tend. 

Liverpool  Coucxlion. 


H     *     M    N    S.  6- 

fypiim  LXXXVI.  Long  Metre.   [*  cr  \>] 

ZTan  change  :.!.V,  a  u  G 

GREA  T  Former  of  this  various  frame, 
r   Our  fouls  adore  thine  awful  name  •, 
We  bow  with  rev'rence,  when  wc  prait'e 
The  Ancient  of  eternal  da] 

2  Beyond  the  reach  of  angels'  fight, 
Thcu  dwell'ft  in  ixtictc  ght; 

It  (nines  with  undiminihYd  ray, 

"Whilft  funs  and  ftars  fliall  pafs  away. 

3  Our  days  a  transient  perio  i  run, 
And  change  with  every  circling  fun  -9 
Ev'n  in  the  firmed:  (late  we  boaft, 
Thy  hand  can  crulh  us  to  the  dull:. 

4  But  let  all  nature  fall  avcund  ; 

Let  death  confign  us  to  the  ground  •, 
Let  the  la  ft  general  Same  anfe, 
Confume  the  earth,  dillolve  the  fkies  \ 

5  Calm  as  the  fummer  evening,  we 
Shall  all  the  wreck  of  nature  fee  •* 
Whilft  grace  fecures  us  an  abode, 
Unfiiaken  as  the  throne  of  God. 

Doi 

IJJgmn  LXXXVII.   Long  Metre,  [jttffc] 

Tht  Su:i  ofRigbi 

GREAT  God,  amidft  the  darkfome  night 
Thy  glories  dart  upon  my  fight, 
"Whilft  wrapt  in  wonder  1  behold 
The  filver  moon  and  ftars  of  gold. 
2  But  when  I  fee  the  Sun  arife, 
And  pour  his  glory  round  the  fkies, 
In  more  ftupendous  form  I  view 
JThy  greatnefs  and  thy  glory  too. 


68  II     Y     H     N     S. 

3  Thou  Sun  of  RighteouJTuefsi  whofc  light 
Overwhelms  the  higheft  angel's  fight, 

I  low  (hall  I  glance  my  eye  at  thee, 
In  all  thy  vail  immenfity  ! 

4  Yet  may  I  be  allow'd  to  trace 
The  diflant  flnulow  of  thy  face; 
A  3  in  the  pale  reflecting  moon 
We  fee  the  image  of  the  fun. 

5  In  every  work  thy  hands  have  made, 
Thy  power  and  wifdom  are  difplay'd  ; 
But  O  !,  What  glories  all  divine, 

In  my  exalted  Saviour  ihtne  ! 

6  May  I  enjoy  like  thefe  above, 
The  gentle  influence  of  his  love  ; 
Enable  me  my  courfe  to  run, 
With  the  fame  vigour  as  the  fun. 


Jp^niri  LXXXVIII.  Com.  Metre.  [*o?E 

The  Spreading  of  the  Goffrdl. 

GREAT  God,  the  nations  of  the  earth, 
Are  by  creation  thine  •, 
And  in  thy  works  by  all  beheld, 
Thy  power  and  glory  mine. 

2  But  thy  cqmpaffion,  Lord,  has  fent 

Thy  gofpel  to  mankind  ; 
Unveiling  what  rich  (lores  of  grace 
Are  treafur'd  in  thy  mind. 

3  Lord,  when  (hall  thefe  glad  tidings  fprea4 

The  fpaciQUS  earth  around, 
Till  every  tribe,  and  every  foul 
Shall  hear  the  joyful  found  ? 

4  O  When  (hall  Afrits  fable  fons 

Enjoy  the  heavenly  word  •, 

^And  long  in  (lav'ry  held,  becpr 

The  freemen  of  the  Lord  ? 


HYMN    S.  69 

5  When  fhall  the  favage  wandering  tribes, 

A  dark  bewilder' d  race, 
Sit  down  at  our  immanuel's  feet, 
And  learn  his  faving  grace  ? 

6  Hade,  fovereign  mercy,  and  transform 

Their  cruelty  to  love  ; 

Soften  the  tyger  to  a  lamb, 

The  vulture  to  a  dove. 

7  Smile,  Lord,  on  each  fincere  attempt 

To  fpread  the  Gofpel's  rays  *, 
And  build  in  every  heathen  land 

A  temple  to  thy  praife.  Rippon's  Col. 

Jpgmil  LXXXIX.     Common  Metre.     CW 

Trvjlin   God. 

GREAT  Source  of  boundlefs  power  and 
Attend  my  mournful  cry;  [grace  ! 

in  the  dark  hour  of  deep  diftrefs, 
To  thee  alone  I  fiy, 

2  Thou  art  my  ftrength,  my  life,  my  flay  ; 

Aflift  my  feeble  truft  ; 
Drive  thefe  diftreffmg  fears  away, 
And  raife  me  from  the  duft. 

3  Fain  would  I  call  thy  grace  to  mind, 

And  trull  thy  glorious  name  •, 
Jehovah  powerful,  wife,  and  kind, 
Forever  is  the  fame. 

4  Thy  prefence,  Lord,  can  cheer  my  heart, 

When  earthly  comforts  die  •, 

Thy  voice  can  bid  my  pains >depart, 
And  raife  my  pleaiures  high. 

5  Here  let  me  reft,  on  thee  depend, 

My  God,  my  hope,  my  all  •, 
Be  thou  my  everlaiiing  friend, 
And  I  {hall  never  fall.  Smart, 


7c  II     Y     M     N    S. 

ipiunn    xc.      La  [*] 

GREAT  Source  of  life,  our  (bujfi  confefs 
The  yari(  ice  *, 

Crown'd  wil 

And  in  thy  ;  ice. 

2  By  thee,  heaven's  (himng  arch  was  fpread  ; 
By  thee,  were  earth's  foundations  laid  \ 

All  the  delights  of  our  abode, 
Proclaim  the  wife,  the  powerful  Gcd. 

3  Thy  tender  hand  reilores  cur  breath, 
When  trembling  on  the  verge  of  death  *, 
Gently  it  wipes  away  our  tears, 

And  lengthens  life  to  future  yea 

4  Thefe  lives  are  (acted  to  the  Loid, 
By  thee  upheld,  by  thee  reilor'd  ; 
And  whilit  our  hours  renew  their  race, 
Still  we  would  walk  before  thy  face. 

5  $o,  when  cur  fouls  by  thee  are  led 
Through  unknown  regions  of  the  dead, 

'  i  th  j oy  tr i u ra \  I  j  fh all  move 

To  feats  of  nobler  life  above. 

Doddrii:*  I 

irjmn  xci.   Loi 

HAD  I  th  I 

And   nobler  fpeech  than  a; 
(je  abfent,  I  am   found, 
Like  tinkling  br  npty  found. 

are  I  infplr'd  to  pr<  tell 

All  that  is  don?  in  heaven  and  hell  ; 
O: 

I  am  nothing,  without 


M     T     H     N     S. 

3  Should  I  (iiitribute  all  my  ltore, 

To  feed  the  hungry,  clothe  the  poor  5 
Or  give  my  body  to  the  flame, 

To  gain  a  martyr's  glorious  name  ; 

4  If  love  to  God,  and  love  to  men 
Ee  abfent,  alklny  hopes  are  vain  ; 
Nor  tongues,  nor  gifts,  nor  fiery  zeal 
The  work  of  love  can  e'er  fulfil. 

JHIW  XCU.      C:  Metre. 

The  ..re. 

HAIL,  King  fupreme  !  all  wife  and  good 
To  thee  our  thoughts  we  raife  \ 
Whilft  nature's  lovely  charms,  difplay'd. 
Infpire  our  fouls  with  praife. 
2   At  mon^ingj  noon  and  evening  mildj 
Thy  woi  :e  our  view; 

And  as  we  ga&e,  our  hear:     = 
With  transports  ever  new. 
j  Thy  glory  beams  in  every  ftar 
Which  gi-ds  the  gloom  of 
And  decks  the  rifirig  face 
With  rays  of  cheering  li  jut. 

4  Th1  verdant  lawn* 

th  rhoufari  ine  ; 

Th  ■  roc  . 
Proclaim 

5  Fr 'in  tree  tq 

d 
To  thee,  their 

And  chant  their  :. 

6  G:  /s  God  !   fli]] 

Our 


7z  H     Y     M     N    S. 

Dpmn  XCIII.     Particular  Metre.      [$ 

Prat/!:  to  cur  Redeemer* 

HAIL,  thou  once  defpifed  Jefus  ! 
Thou  didft  free  falvation  bring  ; 
By  thy  death  thou  did  ft  relate  us 

From  the  tyrant's  deadly%iiig. 

2  Hail,  thou  agonizing  Saviour, 

Bearer  of  our  fin  and  ft ame  ! 
By  thy  merits  we  find  favour, 
Life  is  given  through  thv  name. 

3  Pafchal  Lamb,  by  God  appointed, 

All  our  fins  on  thee  were  laid  ; 

Great  High  Prieft  by  God  anointed, 

Thou  haft  full  atonement  made  ! 

4  Contrite  finners  are  forgiven, 

Through  the  virtue  of  thy  blood  *, 
Open'd  is  the  gate  of  heaven, 

Peace  is  made  with  man  and  God, 

5  Jefus  hail  !  enthron'd  in  glory, 

There  forever  to  abide  ; 
All  the  heavenly  hofts  adore  thee, 
Seated  at  thy  Father's  fide. 

6  There  for  finners  thou  art  pleading, 

There  thou  doft  our  place  prepare-  -, 
Ever  for  us  interceding, 
Till  in  heaven  we  appear. 

7  Glory,  honour,  power  and  blefiing, 

Thou  art  worthy  to  receive  *, 
Loudefl  praifes,  without  ceafing, 
Meet  it  is  for  us  to  give. 
S  Help,  ye  bright  angelic  fpirits, 

Lend  your  loudeft,  nobleft  lays  ; 
Join  to  fing  our  Saviour's  merits, 
And  to  celebrate  his  praifc. 
Rit . 


HYMN    S. 

fpgmn  XCIV.     Common  Metre.    [  •/  or ';] 

Early  Re!. 

HAPPY  is  he,  whofe  early  years 
Receive  inftruction  well ; 
"Who  hates  the  fmner's  path,  and  fears 
The  road  that  leads  to  hell. 

2  Our  youth,  devoted  to  the  Lord, 

Is  pleafmg  in  his  eyes  ; 
A  flower  when  oirer'd  in  the  bud 
Is  no  vain  fa  crihee. 

3  'Tis  eafier  work,  if  we  begin 

To  fear  the  Lord  betimes  ; 
While  finners,  who  grow  old  in  fin, 
Are  harden'd  in  their  crimes. 

4  It  faves  us  from  a  thoufand  fears, 

To  mind  reiigioa<**oung  ; 
With  joy  it  crowns  fucceeding  yeai 
And  renders  virtue  ilrong. 

5  To  thee,  almighty  God,  to  thee, 

Our  hearts  we  now  reiign  ; 
'Twill  pleafe  us  to  look  back  and  ice 
That  our  whole  lives  were  thine. 

6  We'll  do  thy  work,  we'll  fpeak  thy  praife, 

Whilft  we  have  life  and  breath  \ 
Thus  we're  prepar'd  for  longer  days, 

Or  fit  for  early  death.  Watts. 


gmil  XCV.     Long  Metre.       [*] 

Tbs  Glory  and  Defence  of  tbt  Church. 

HAPPY  the  Church  !  thou  facred  place. 
The  feat  of  thy  Creator's  grace  f  - 
Thy  holy  courts  are  his  abode, 
Thou  earthly  palace  of  our  God, 
G 


H    Y    n    N    s. 

2  Thy  walls  arc  itrength,  and  at  thy 
A  guard  of  heav'nly  angels  wai 

Nor  (hall  thy  dpep  foundations  move; 

Built  on  the  cpunfels  of  his  love. 

3  Thy  foes  in  vain  defigns  engage, 
Again ll  thy  walls  in  vain  they  rage  i 
Like  rifmg  waves,  with  anger  roar, 
That  dalli  and  die  upon  the  fliorc. 

4  Then  let  our  fouls  in  Zion  dwell, 
Nor  fear  the  power  of  earth  or  hell  ; 
Since  God  defends  this  happy  ground* 
Like  brazen  bulwarks  built  around. 

J   God  is  our  fun,  God  is  our  (hield, 
Light  and  protection  he  will  yield  , 
And  we,  beneath  the  genial  rays, 
Will  ling  his  love,  and  fpeak  his  praife. 


WATTS. 


Dpmn  XC  VI.       Common  Metre.     [#] 

Cbrifian    M  do... 

APPY  the  man  whofe  cautious  fteps 
Still  keep  the  golden  mean  ; 
Whofe  life,  by  wifdom's  rules  well  foim'd, 

Declares  a  confeience  clean. 
Not  61  hirnfelf  he  highly  think:, 

Nor  afts  the  boafter's  part ; 
His  modeft  tongue  the  language  fpeaks 

Of  his  more  humble  heart. 
Not  in  bafe  {candal's  arts  he  deals, 

For  trurh  is  in  h5s  breaft  ; 
With  grief,  he  fees  his  neighbour's  faults, 

And  thinks  and  hopes  the  belt. 
What  Weflings  bounteous  Heaven  beftov 

He  tikes  with  thankful  heart  •, 
With  temjfrattce  he  receives  hio  food, 
i  poor  a  part. 


H     Y     M     N     S. 

5  Fo  feci  and  party,  his  large  foul 

Difdains  to  be  connn'd  ; 
The  good  he  loves,  of  every  name, 
And  prays  for  all  mankind. 

6  Pure  is  his,  zeal,  the  offspring  fair 

Of  truth  and  peaceful  love  ; 
The  bigot's  rage  can  never  dwell 
Where  reds  the  heavenly  doxe. 


15 


Need  ha:. 


fpgmn  XCVII.     Common  Metre.     I 

Love   to   GcJ. 

HAPPY  the  mind  where  graces  reign, 
And  love  infpires  the  breaft ! 
Love  is  the  brighteft  of  the  train, 

And  ftrengthens  all  the  reft. 
Knowledge,  alas  !  'tis  all  in  vain, 

And  all  in  vain  our  fear  ; 
Cur  ihibborn  fins  will  fight  and  reign, 

If  love  be  abfent  there. 
Tis  love  that  makes  our  cheerful  feet 

In  fwift  obedience  move  ; 
Affliction's  bitter  cup  is  fweet, 

When  mix'u  with  heavenly  love- 
Soon  as  we  drop  this  mortal  clay. 

And  leave  this  dark  abode, 
On  wings  of  love  we'll  (bar  away, 

To  fee  our  Father,  God. 
This  is  the  grace  that  lives  and  lings, 

When  faith  and  hope  (hall  ceafe  ; 
HEn  this  {hall  flrike  our  joyful  firings, 

In  realms  of  cndlefs  peace. 

Watts*  T3 


HYMN    s. 
?:n>nm  XCVIII.     Commsn  Metre.     [*] 

Tbr  1  ■  ilnfs. 

HARK  !  from  on  high  a  folemn  voice, 
Let  ail  attentive  hear  ! 
Twill  make  each  pious  heart  rejoice, 
And  vanquifli  every  fear. 

2  "  Thrice  blefled  are  the  pious  dead, 

Who  in  the  Lord  (hall  die  ; 
Their  weary  flefh,  as  on  a  bed, 
Safe  in  the  grave  (hall  lie. 

3  "  Their  holy  fouls  at  length  released, 

To  heaven  (hall  take  their  flight  -, 
There  to  enjoy  eternal  reft, 
And  infinite  delight. 

4  "  They  drop  each  load  as  they  afcend, 

And  quit  this  world  of  woe  ; 
Their  labours  with  their  lives  (hall  end  ; 
Their  reft,  no  period  know. 

5  "  Their  conflicts  with  their  bufy  foes 

For  evermore  fhall  ceafe  ; 
None  fhall  their  happinefs  oppofe, 
Nor  interrupt  their  peace. 

6  "  But  bright  rewards  fhall  recompenfe 

Their  faithful  fervice  here  ; 
And  perfect:  love  fhall  banilh  thence 
Each  gloomy  doubt  and  fear." 

Liverpool  Collection. 

fP2inn  XCIX.     Common  Metre,     [tj 

A  Funeral  Thought. 

HARK  !     from   the    tombs,   a  mournful 
My  ears  attend  the  cry  :  [found, 

<(  Ye  living  men,  come  view  the  ground 
Where  you  mud  fhcrtly  lie." 


H     Y     M    N    S.  77 

ces,  this  clay  mud  be  your  bed, 
In  fpite  of  all  your  towers  ! 
The  tali,  the  wile,  tbe  reveicnd  head 

it  lie  as  lew  as  curs." 
Grc  ft  fJod  !  is  this  cur  certain  doom  : 
I  are  we  dill  fecure  r 

.  to  the  tomb, 
And  yet  prepare  no  more  r 
Grant  us  the  power  of  quickening  grace, 
To  fit  our  fouls  to  iy  ; 

,  when  we  drop  this  dying  fiefli, 
We'll  rife  above  the  iky. 

Watt:. 

|)gmn  C.       Short  Metre. 

HARK  !  it  is  Wifdom's  voice 
That  fpreads  itfelf  around  ; 

Come  hither,  all  ye  ions  of  earth, 
And  liften  to  the  found. 

2  What,  though  (he  fpeaks  rebul 
That  pierce  the  foui  with  (mart  ? 

Yet  love  tl 

By  pain  to  mend  tl 

3  u  Ye  who  have  v  long 
In  fin's  deftrucHve  ways, 

Return,  return,  at  my  reproof, 
And  feize  the  offer'd  grace. 

4  "  I  know  ycir  fouls  are  weak, 
And  all  your  effort 

To  overcome  your  mighty  i 
And  break  their  iron  chain. 

5  "  But,  I  will  freeiy  fend 

spirit  from  above, 
G    2 


78  H     Y     M     N     S. 

To  arm  you  with  fuperior  flrength, 
And  melt  your  hearts  to  love. 

6  "  Come,  whilft  my  offers  lad, 
Ye  finners,  and  be  wife  ; 

He  lives  who  hears  this  friendly  call, 
Lut  he  that  flights  it,  dies.,> 


DoDDRlDGr. 


fpgmn  CI.       Common  Metre.        L*J 

The  Saviour  j  C 

HARK,   the  glad  found  !    The   Saviour 
The  Saviour  promis'd  long  ;     [comes  ! 
Let  every  heart  prepare  him  room, 

And  every  voice  a  fong. 
On  him,  the  Spirit,  largely  pour'd, 

Exerts  his  facred  fire  •, 
Wifdom  and  power,  and  zeal  and  love 

His  holy  bread  infpire. 
He  comes,  from  thickeft  films  of  vice, 

To  clear  the  mental  fight ; 
And  on  the  eye-balls  of  the  blind 

To  pour  celeftial  light. 
He  comes,  the  broken  heart  to  heal, 

The  bleeding  foul  to  cure  ; 
And  with  the  treafures  of  his  grace 

T  enrich  the  humble  poor. 
He  comes,  the  prisoners  to  releafe, 

In  Satan's  bondage  held  ; 
The  gates  of  brafs  before  him  burft  ; 

The  iron  fetters  yield. 
His  filver  trumpet  loud  proclaims 

The  Lord's  accepted  year  *, 
Our  debts  are  all  remitted  now  > 

Our  heritage  is  clear. 


H     Y    M    N    S.  79 

Our  glad  hofannas,  Prince  of  Peace, 

TLy  welcome  (hall  proclaim  ; 
And  heaven's  eternal  arches  ring 

With  thy  beloved  name. 

Doddridge. 


Ipgmn  CII.      Common  Metre, 

'The  i  animated. 

ARK  !  'tis  our  heavenly  Leader's  voice. 


H 


From  the  bright  realms  above  ! 
Amidft  the  war's  tumultuous  rage, 
A  voice  of  power  and  love. 

2  M  Maintain  the  fight,  my  faithful  band, 

Nor  fear  the  mortal  biow  ; 

He  that  in  fuch  a  warfare  dies, 

Shall  fpeedy  victory  know. 

3  <(  I  have  my  days  of  combat  known. 

And  in  the  dull  was  laid  ; 
But  now  I  fit  upon  my  throne, 
And  glory  crowns  my  head. 

4  f<  This  throne,  this  glory  mall  be  yours, 

My  hands  the  crown  fhall  give  ; 

And  vou  the  bled  reward  fhall  (hare, 

Whilft  God  himfeif  fhall  live." 

5  Lord,  'tis  enough,  our  fouls  are  fir'd 

With  courage  and  with  love  ; 
Vain  are  th'  aflaults  of  earth  and  hell, 
Our  hopes  are  fix?d  above. 

6  We'll  trace  the  footfteps  thou  haft  trod, 

To  triumph  and  renown  ; 
Nor  fhun  thy  combat  and  thy  crofs, 
May  we  but  wear  thy  crown. 

Altered  from  Dqc2?xidc£, 


II     Y     M     N 
pQJXin  CIII.      Common  Metre. 

1'V.ilJiri"  in  Darlne/sj  an  i.trvj 

HEAJ  ;  nmbie  moan, 

To  thee  1  breath 
"VVhen  will  the  tediou  :  gone  ? 

And  when  u. 

2  Mr  God  !   O  could  1  e  claim, 

My  Father  and  my  Friend  ! 
And  call  thee  mine,  by  every  name 
On  which  ihy  faints  depend  ! 

3  By  every  name  of  power  and  love, 

I  would  thy  grace  en  treat  ; 
Nor  iliould  nry  humble  hope  remove. 
Nor  leave  thy  facred  feat. 

4  Yet  though  my  foul  in  darkr.cfs  incur. 

Thy  word  is  all  my  ft  ay  ; 
Here  will  I  reft  till  light  returns, 

Thy  pre  fence  maizes  my  day. 
c   Speak,  Lord,  and  bid  celeftial  peace 

Relieve  my  aching  heart ; 
Thy  love  can  mal^e  my  forrow  ceafe, 

A;id  ail  the  gloom  depart. 

6  Then  ihall  my  drooping  fpirit  rife, 
And  blefs  thy  healing  rays  ; 
And  change  theie  deep  coir  plaining  Gghs 
To  longs  ci  facred  prai fc. 

Mrs.  Steele. 

T —  ■ 

^gllih  CIV.      Common  Metre.      M 

r.     A  plS  S*P£  «i  tbi    Bittl  c/CLr-f.. 

HIGH  Itt  us  fwell  our  tuneful  notes, 
And  join  th'  angelic  fong  ; 
Jot  fueh  n  theme  does  lefs  to  them, 
Tb  feinjts  belong. 


H     Y     M     K     S.  Si 

2  Good  will  is  (hown  to  finful  men, 

And  peace  0:1  earth  is  given  ; 
For  lo  !  the  promised  Sanour  c 
Withmeffages  from  heaven. 

3  Mercy  and  truth,  in  fweet  accord, 

His  rifing  beams  adorn  ; 
Juftice  and  peace  in  concert  join, 
W  fuch  a  child  is  bcrn. 

4  Glory  to  God  !  in  higheft  drains. 

In  higheft  worlds  be  paid  ; 
His  glory  by  our  lips  proclaimed, 

And  by  our  lives  difplay'd. 
;   When  (hall  we  reach  thofe  happy  realms, 

Where  Chrift  ns  ! 

And  learn  of  the  ecteftial  choir 

Their  own  in  fttains  ! 

Doddridge. 

Dpmn  CV.       Common  Metre. 
■ 

HOSANNA  !   to  the  Prince  of  life, 
Who  cloth'd  himfelf  in  c: 
Entered  the  gloomy  fhadt  3  of  c 
And  rofe  to  endiefs  d 

2  Death  is  no  more  the  King  of  dread, 

Since  our  Immanuel  rofe  ; 
He  took  the  monfter's  fting  away, 
And  crufli'd  our  heliifh  foes. 

3  See  how  the  Conqueror  mounts  al 

And  to  his  Father  flics  ! 
Wi:h  fear:-  cf  honour  in  his  flcfli, 
And  triumph  in  his  ey 

4  There  our  exalted  Saviour  reign?, 

A  Prieft  upon  his  throne  ; 
And  to  fupply  his  place  on  earth, 
He  fent  his  Spirit  down. 


S:  H     Y     M     N     S. 

5   Raife  your  devotion,  mortal  tofigues, 
To  reach  that  bk  ft 
Let  heaven  and  earth  with  praife  re  found 
To  the  immortal  God. 

Altera!  from  V 


P reft  riot  i%n  at  Countries, 

HOW  are  thy  fervanrs  Weft,  O  Lord, 
HowTure  is  their  defence  ! 
Eternal  Wiidoni  is  our  guide, 
Our  help  Omnipotence. 

2  In  foreign  realms  and  lands  remote, 

Supported  by  thy  care  •, 
Through  burning  climes  we  pafs  unhurt, 
And  breathe  infected  air. 

3  Thy  mercy  fweetens  every  foil  •, 

Makes  every  region  pleafe  ; 
The  honry  frozen  hills  it  warms, 
And  fmooths  the  boiftcrous  feas. 

4  Thinly  O  my  foul,  devoutly  think, 

How  with  affrighted  eyes, 
Thou  faw'ft  the  wide  extended  deep, 
In  all  its  horrors  rife. 

5  Confufion  dwelt  in  every  fa^e, 

And  fear  in  every  heart  •, 
"\Vhen  waves  on  waves,  and  gulphs  m  gu 
O'ercame  the  pilot's  art. 

6  Yet  then,  from  all  my  griefs,  Q  Lord, 

Thy  mercy  fet  me  free  ; 
Whilft,  in  the  confidence  of  prayer, 
.1   thee. 

7  The  ftorrn  was;  I  ad,  the  \  ir'd, 

Obedient  to  thy  will  ; 
The  fea  tl^at  roat'd  at  tl 
At  t  was  iiiU. 


H    Y  S:  lj 

idft  of  dangers  and  of  death, 
Thy  goodncis  ill  adore  ; 
I'll  pi  aftj 

And  humbly  hope  for  moie. 

(fuppofed)  Addison*. 


Ipimm  CVII.       Short  Metn. 

HOW  oiis  ire  their  feet, 

Who  ftand  qij  .ill  ; 

"Who  bring  ialvation  on  their  tongues, 
And  words  of  peace  reveal  ! 

2  How  charming  is  their  voice  ! 
How  glad  the  tidings  are  ! 

Zion  behold  thy  Saviour  king, 
He  reigns  and  triumphs  here  ! 

3  How  happy  are  our  ears, 
That  hear  this  joyful  found, 

Which  kings  and  prophets  waited  for. 
And  fought,  but  never  found  ! 

4  How  bleifed  are  our  eyes, 
That  fee  this  heavenly  light  ! 

Prophet's  and  kings  defir'd  it  long, 
But  dy'd  without  the  C 

5  The  waxhmen  join  their  voice, 
A  n d  t  u  g  ef u  1  n ores  e  m ;  I 

Jenifalem  breaks  forth  i 
And  defafts  (earn  the  joy. 

5  The  I.oru  makes  hare  his  arm, 
Through  all  the  earth  abroad  i 

Let  r\vry  n.uion  now  behold 
Their  Saviour  and  their  Ccd, 


a4  HYMN    S. 

}:)tjmn  CYIII.     Short  Metre.    [*  or  b] 

£o/£< r/jf  Difciplhe  received  "uitb  Afeelncfs. 

HOW  gracious  and  how  wife 
Is  our  chafiifing  God  ! 

How  rich  the  bloiToms  and  the  fruit 
Of  his  ccrrecling  rod. 

2  He  takes  it  in  his  hand, 
With  pity  in  his  heart  ; 

That  every  (broke  his  children  U 
May  grace  and  peace  impart. 

3  Intlrutled  thus,  we  bow, 
And  own  thy  fov'reign  fway  ; 

We  turn  our  erring  footfteps  back 
To  thy  forfaken  way. 

4  Thy  promis'd  love  we  feek, 
And  ftrengthen  all  the  bands, 

Which  clofer  ftill  engage  our  hearts 
To  honour  thy  commands. 

5  Our  Father,  we  confent 
To  difcipline  divine  ; 

And  blefs  the  pains,  which  make  our  fouls 
Still  more  completely  thine. 

Doddridct. 

fpgmn  CIX.       Common  Metre. 

Tie  f  the  Lamb. 

HOW  great  thy  works,  almighty  God  l 
Who  ihall  not   fear  thy  name  ! 
How  juft  and  true  are  all  thy  ways, 

Thou  Bon  of  God,  the  Lamb  ! 
2  More  haft  thou  done  than  Mcfes  did, 

Our  prophet,  pried  and  king  •, 
From  fin  thou  haft  redeem'd  our  fouls, 
And  from  death's  poifonous  fti"g. 


HYMN    S.  85 

3  In  the  Red  Sea,  by  Motes'  hand, 

TV  Egyptian  hoft  was  drown'd  ; 
But,  in  thy  blood,  our  fouls  are  cleans' Jj 
And  guilt  no  more  is  found. 

4  When  through  the  defart  Ifrael  went* 

With  manna  they  were  fed  ; 
But  thou  haft  giv'n  thy  flefh  to  eat, 
And  call'd  it  living  bread. 

5  Mofes  beheld  the  promis'd  land, 

Yet  never  reach'd  the  place  ; 
But  thou  {halt  bring  thy  followers  hornc3 
To  fee  thy  Fathers  race. 

6  Thy  lofty  praife,  O  King  of  Lints, 

Shall  even/  nation  fing  ; 
To  thee  (hall  Jew  and  Gentile  race 
Their  humble  offerings  bring. 

7  No  parting  wall  {hall  intervene  $ 

But,  with  linked  foul, 
Their  voice  {hall  join  in  fongs  of  praife, 
Whilft  endlefs  ages  roll. 

Altered  from  Watt & 

Jpgmn  CX.       Common  Metre.      [£j 

The  Safety  ttftht  Glutei. 

HOW  honourable  is  the  place 
Where  we  adoring  (land  ! 
Zion,  the  glory  of  the  earth, 
And  beauty  of  the  land  ! 
'2  Bulwarks  of  mighty  grace  defend 
The  city  where  we  dwell  j 
The  walls,  of  (Irorig  falvatioa  riu 
Defy  th'  aflaults  of  hell. 
3  Lift  up  the  everkfting  gates, 
The  doors  wide  open  fling  \ 

H 


II     Y     M     N 

Enter,  v  .o  obey 

Tht  H  tutes  i 
4  Here  (hall  you  *  tingled  joys* 

And  live  in  p 
5Tc   .  Ws  name, 

And  t  •  tec. 

j  Truft  in  the  Lord,  forever  trull, 

And  banifh  all  your  fears  ; 
Strength  in  the  Lord  Jehorah  dweib, 

Eternal  as  his  yea 

Watts. 

ippnm  CXI.       Common  Metre.      [ 

Tie  Blefling*  ff  Abraham. 

HOW  large  the  promife,  how  divine, 
To  Abraham  and  his  feed  ! 

"I'll  be  a  Cod  to  thee  and  thine, 
Supplying  all  their  r. 

2  The  words  of  thy  extenfive  love 

From  age  to  age  endure  \ 
The  Angel  of  the  cqv'nant  pfoi 

And  feais  the  bieflings  fure. 

3  Jefus  the  ancient  faith  confirms, 

To  our  great  f  ven  •, 

He  takes  young  children  in  his  arms, 
And  calls  them  heirs  of  heaven. 

4  Our  God  !  How  faithful  are  his  ways ! 

His  love  endures  the  fame  •, 
Nor  from  the  promife  of  his  grace, 
ts  out  the  children's  name. 


mil  CXII.     Com  fare.     [#] 

HOW  long  Oiall  death  the  tyrant  reign, 
And  triumph  o'er  the  juft  !. 


H    Y     M    N    Si 

Whilft  tfic  rich  blood  of  martyrs  flain, 
Lies  mingled  with  the  duft  ! 

2  Let  faith  arifc  and  climb  the  hills, 

The  Saviour  to  defcry  ; 

To  view  his  diftant  ch  teh, 

And  tell  how  fail  they  By. 

3  Lo,  faith  beholds  the 

The  dawn  of  heaven  appears  ! 
And  the  bright  mowiii  fpreads 

Its  bluflies  round  the  fpheres. 

4  Faith  fees  the  Lord  of  glory  come, 

His  flaming  guards  around  ! 
The  dries-divide  to  make  him  room, 
His  trumpet  (hakes  the  ground. 

$  She  hears  the  voice,  "  ye  dead,  arifc  ! 
She  fees  the  graves  obey  < 
And  Braking  faints,  with  joyful  eyes, 
Salute  th'*  expected  day. 

6  They  leave  the  duft,  and  on  the  wing 

Surmount  the  yielding  air  ; 
In  mining  garments  meet  their  King, 
And  bow  before  him  there. 

7  O  !  may  we  then  among  them  (tandj 

Cloth'd  in  celeilial  white  ; 
The  meanefl;  place  at  his  right  hand 
Gives  infinite  delight. 

\v 

5>gmn  CXIIL     Common  Metre.    [*orf(3 

Purd* 

TTOW  oft,  alas  !   this  wretched  heart 
Jt~±   Has  wanderM  from  the  Lord  ! 
.-  oft  my  erring  thoughts  depart, 
Forgetful  of  thy  word  ! 


83  H    Y    M    N    S. 

2  Yet  fovVeign  mercy  cries  c<  return/' 

Lord,  at  thy  call,  I  come  $ 
My  vile  ingratitude  I  mourn, 
O  take  the  wanderer  home. 

3  And  canft  thou,  wilt  thou  yet  forgive  \ 

And  z\[  my  crimes  remove  ? 

And  fh  ill  a  pardon' d  rebel  live, 

To  fpeak  thy  wondrous  love 

.4  Almighty  grace,  thy  healing  pow 
How  glorious  !  how  divine  ! 
.That  can  to  life  and  blifs  reftore 
So  vile  a  heart  as  mine  ! 
5  Thy  pard'ning  love,  forever  free. 
With  rapture  I  adore  •, 
Lord,  I  devote  rnyfelf  to  thee, 
And  long  to  love  thee  more. 

Mrs.  Steele. 

"    ipgmnCXIV.       Long  Metre.       [*] 

The  Go/pel  Feaf.. 

HOW  rich  are  thy  provifions,  Lord  ! 
Thy  table  furnifrVd  from  above  ; 
The  fruits  of  life  o'erfpread  the  board  j 
The  cup  overflows  with  heavenly  love. 

2  Thine  ancient  family,  the  Jews, 
Were  firft  invited  to  the  feaft  ! 
We  humbly  take  what  they  refute, 
And  Gentiles  thy  falvation  tafte. 

3  Wc  are  the  poor,  the  blind,  the  lame. 
And  help  was  far  and  death  was  nigh  , 
Yet,  at  the  gofpel  call,  we  came, 
And  every  want  receiv'd  fupp 

4  From  the  highway  that  leads  to  hell, 
From  paths  of  darknefs  and  dt\ 


H    Y    to    N    5. 
Xord,  we  are  come  wi  ell, 

What  (hall  we  pay  our  her 
Who  left  the  iky/his  bleft  abode, 
And  did  to  this  low  earth  aefcend, 
To  bring  113  wanderers  back  to  God  ? 
Our  everlafling  love  is  due 
To  him,  who  pity  d  Gnners  loft  ! 
And  paid  our  ranfom,  when  he  knew 
His  precious  life  mult  be  the  coft. 


II  CXV.       Common  Metre.       [*j 

HOW  rich  thy  bounty,  King  of  kings  ! 
Thy  favours  how  divic 
The  bleflings  which  thy  gofpel  brings, 
How  fplendidly  they  fiiine  ! 

2  Gold  is  but  drofs,  and  gems  but  toys, 

Should  gold  and  gems  compare  ; 
How  mean  !  wbofl  thofejoys 

Thy  pooreft  fervants  (hare- 

3  Yet  all  thefe  treasures  of  thy  grace 

1  urns  of  clay, 
And  -ik  fons  of  mortal  race 

'  immortal  gifts  convey. 

4  F.-  lifp  thy  gldties  forth, 

Yet  grace  the  victory  gives  , 
Quickly  they  moulder  back  to  earth, 
\et  ftill  the  gofpel  lives. 

5  Such  wonders  power  divine  effefts  > 

Sue!  :s  God  can  raiie  j 

His  hand  from  crumbling  duft  erects 
His  monuments  of  praife. 

Sali&urv  Coilecu;r.. 
H  ■ 


<j«j  HYMNS. 

%fytt\tl  CXVI.     Common  Metre.     Cb3 

Tb:  J  Folly  of  Men. 

HOW  {hort  and  hafty  is  our  life  ! 
How  vail  our  foils'  affairs  ! 
Yet  foolifh  mortals  vainly  ftrive 
To  lavifh  out  their  years. 

2  Our  days  run  thoughtlefsly  along, 

Without  a  moment's  flay  \ 
Jufl  like  a  ftory  or  a  fong, 
We  pafs  our  lives  away. 

3  God  from  on  high  invites  us  home. 

But  we  march  heedlefs  on  : 

And  ever  haftening  to  the  tomb, 

tStoop  downwards  as  we  run. 

4  Draw  us,  O  God,  with  fevVeign  grace. 

And  lift  our  thoughts  on  high  ; 
That  we  may  end  this  mortal  rape, 
And  Ice  falvation  nigh. 

«-    ■ — » 

^)gmnCXVIL    Common  Metre.   [*or&a 

C:fs  Ji'/ticf  ord  Pmvcr.     Job  ix.  a,  ro. 

HV  fhould  the  fons  of  A'km's  race 
Be  jufl  before  their  God  ! 
If  hd  contend  in  righteoufnefs, 
We  fall  beneath'  his  rod. 

%  To  vindicate  my  words  and  thoughts; 
f  11  make  no  vain  pretence  ; 
Not  one  of  all  my  numerous  faults 
Can  bear  ajuft  defence. 
3  Strong  is  his  arm,  I  is  wife, 

What  vain  ptefumers  dare 
Againft  tl  power  to  r 

And  impious  war  deel; 


HYMN    S. 

4  Mountains,  by  his  almighty  wrath, 
m  their  old  feats  are  torn  : 
He  flukes  the  pillars  of  the  earth, 
And  all  the  nations  mourn. 
c   Through  the  wide  air.  the 

Are  fwift  as  hail-ftones  thrown  ; 

Whilft  Etna  pours  with  horrid  {hocks, 

Her  melted  entrails  down.       g 

6  He  bids  the  fun  forbear  to  rife, 

Th'  obedient  fun  forbears  ; 
His  hand  with  darknefs  fpreads  the  fldesa 
And  feals  up  all  the  (tars. 

7  He  walks  upon  the  flormy  fea, 

And  rides  upon  the  wind  ; 
No  ffefli  can  trace  his  wond'rous  way, 
Nor  his  dark  footiteps  find. 

8  Yet,  mighty  God,  thy  fov'reign  grace 

bits  regent  en  the  throne, 
The  refuge  of  thy  chofen  race, 

When  wrath  comes  ruining  down. 

Wat 

!l)gmn  CXVIII.    '  Com.  Meire.     IT^Tl 

The  G 

HOW  fweet  and  awful  is  the  place, 
With  Chrift  within 
Here  everiafting  love  difp] 
The  choiceft  of  her  (tores  ! 

2  Whilft  all  our  hearts  and  all  our  (bugs 

Join  to  admire  the  iz:Al  ; 
Each  of  us  fay,  with  thankful  tongues, 
"  Lord  why  was  I  a  gueft  ? 

3  cc  Why  was  I  made  to  hear  thy  voice, 

And  enter  whilft  there's  room, 
When  thoufands  make  a  wretched  choic 
And  raiher  flarye  than  come  ?' 


II     Y     M    N     S. 

4  'TVas  the  I  that  fprcad  the  feafl:, 

jntly  drew  us  in  *, 
Or  we  had  ftill  refus'd  to  ta 
And  perifh'd  in  our  fin. 

5  Pit,  O  our  Lord, 

to  come  ; 
Send  tliy  victorious  word  abroad, 
And  bring  thy  people  home. 

6  We  long  to  fee  thy  churches  full, 

That  all  the  chofen  race 
May,  with  one  voice,  and  heart  and  foui, 
Sing  thy  redeeming  grace, 

Watts. 


Jppmn  CXIX.  Particular  Metr. 

*Tbd  Ezautlds  of  the  Sfri 

'OW  fweetly  along  the  gay  mead 


H< 


The  daifies  and  cowi'iips  are  feen  ! 
The  flocks,  as  they  cardefsly  iced, 
Rejoice  in  the  beautiful  green  ! 

2  The  vines  that  encircle  the  bowers, 
The  herbage  that  fprings  from  the  i\  d, 
Trees,  plants,  cooling  fruits  and  iweet  flowerSj 
All  rife  to  the  praife  of  my  God. 

3  Shall  man,  the  c;reat  mailer  of  all, 
The  only  infeniible  prove  ? 
Forbid  it,  fair  gratitude's  call, 
Forbid  it,  devotion  and  love. 

4  The  Lord  who  fuch  wonders  can  raife, 
And  fliii  can  deilroy  with  a  nod, 

My  lips  ftiall  inceflantly  praife, 
My  foul  (hall  rejoice  in  my  God. 


HYMN    S.  93 

Jpgmit  CXX.    Long  Metre.      j$  or  t?3 

JmJHcc. 

IF  high  or  low  our  ftation  be, 
Of  noble  or  ignoble  name  ; 
By  uncorrupt  integrity, 
Thy  ble  fling,  Lord,  we  humbly  claim. 
The  upright  man  no  want  (hall  fear  \ 
Thy  providence  flip  11  be  his  trufl  ; 
Thou  wilt  provide  his  portion  here, 
Thou  friend  and  guardian  of  the  juft. 
May  we,  with  mod  fincere  delight^ 
To  all,  the  ted  of  duty  pay  ; 
Tender  of  every  fociai  right, 
Obedient  to  thy  righteous  fway. 
,  Such  virtue  thou  wilt  not  forget, 
In  that  bled  world,  where  virtue  (hares 
A  fit  reward  ;  though  not  of  debt, 
But  what  thy  boundlefs  grace  prepares. 

Rttormed  Liturgy, 

lOgmn  CXXI.      Short  Metre, 

Cc  n£  ajfic  n  an  1 1 1 

I   HEAR  the  voice  of  woe  ! 
I  hear  a  brother's  Ggh  ! 
Then  let  my  heart  with  pity  floi 
With  tears  of  love,  mine  eye. 
2  I  hear  the  thirfty  cry  i 

hungry  beg  for  bread  ! 
Then  let  my  ipring  its  dream  fupply., 

IVly  hand  its  bounty  fhed. 
g  The  debtor  humbly  fues, 

Who  would,  but  cannot  pay  ; 
And  fhall  I  lenity  refufe, 
Wh  .  every  day  ? 


94 


HYMN     S. 

4  Shall  not  my  wrath  relent, 
Touch'd  by  that  humble  {train, 

M  v  brother  crying  M  I  repentj  ^ 

11  Nor  will  offend  again  ?w 

5  If  not,  how  Qiall  I  dare 
Appear  before  thy  face, 

Great  God,  and  how  prefent  the  prayer 
For  thy  forgiving  grace  ? 

6  They  who  forgive,  (hall  find 
RemifTion,  in  that  day, 

When  all  the  merciful  and  kind 
Thy  pity  mall  repay. 

7  But  all  who  here  below 
Mercy  refute  to  grant, 

Snail  judgment  without  mercy  know, 
When  mercy  moil  they  want. 


Enfield. 


Ipgmtl  CXXII.     Common  Metre.     L#] 

I'M  not  afham'd  to  own  my  Lord, 
Or  to  defend  his  caufe  -, 
Maintain  the  honour  of  his  word, 

The  glory  of  his  crofs. 
Jefus,  my  God,  I  know  his  name, 

tils  name  is  all  my  truit  j 
Nor  will  he  put  my  foul  to  fhame, 

Nor  let  my  hope  be  loft. 
Firm  as  his  throne,  his  promife  (lands, 

And  he  can  well  fectire 
What  I've  committed  to  his  hands, 

Till  the  decifive  hour. 
Then  will  he  own  my  worthlefs 

Before  his  Father's  face  ; 


II    Y    M    N    S. 

And  in  the  New  Jcrufalem 

Appoint  my  foul   a  place. 


Watt* 


Jpynm  CXXIII.    Short  Metre.    [Kovitf 

The  Love   of  Truth. 

IMPOSTURE  (brinks  from  light, 
And  dreads  the  curious  eye  ; 
But  Chriftian  truths  the  tell  invite, 
They  bid  us  fearch  and  try. 

2  A  meek  inquiring  mind, 
Lord,  help  us  to  maintain  ; 

That  growing  knowledge  we  may  find) 
And  growing  virtue  gain. 

3  Wkh  under  (landing  blefs'd, 
Created  to  be  free, 

Our  faith  on  man  we  dare  not  reft, 
Subject  to  none  but  thee. 

4  Give  us  the  light  we  need, 

Our  minds  with  knowledge  fill  ; 
From  noxious  error  guard  our  creed, 
From  prejudice,  our  will. 

5  The  truth  thou  (halt  impart, 
May  we  with  firmnefs  own  ; 

Abhorring  each  evafive  art, 
And  fearing  thee  alone. 

Doddri:-    I 

rpjmm  CXXIV.    Common  Metre. 

A   S  •-;   9/  Praife. 

INDULGENT  Father,  how  divine, 
Row  bright  thy  glories  are  ! 
Through  nature's  ample  round  they  fhine, 
Thy  goodnefs  to  declare, 


HYMNS. 

2  But,  ill  the  nobler  work  of  grace> 

What  winning  mercy  fmiles  ! 
In  my  divine  Redeemer's  face, 
And  every  fear  beguiles. 

3  Such  wonders,  Lord,  while  I  furveya 

To  thee,  my  thanks  fhall  rife  *, 
When  morning  timers  in  the  day, 
Or  evening  veils  the  Ikies. 

4  When  glimmering  life  refigns  its  fir. 

Thy  praife  fhall  tune  my  breath  ; 
The  fweet  remembrance  of  thy  name 

Shall  gild  the  fhades  of  death. 
;   But,  O  how  bleit  my  fong  fhall  rife, 

When  freed  from  feeble  clay  ; 
And  all  thy  glories  meet  mine  eyes, 

In  one  eternal  day  ! 

♦  Not  feraphs,  who  refound  thy  name 
Through  the  etherial  plains, 
Shall  glow  with  a  diviner  flame, 
Or  raife  fublimer  flrains. 

So  v.; 

Jppmtl  CXXV.    Common  Metre.     [*] 

An    Evening   Hymn. 

INDULGENT  God,whofe  bounteous  care. 
O'er  all  thy  works  is  mown, 
O  let  my  grateful  praife  and  prayer 
Arife  before  thy  throne. 

2  What  mercies  has  this  day  beflow'd  \ 

How  largely  had  thou  blefs'd  ! 
My  cup  with  plenty  overflow'd, 
With  cheerfulnefs  my  brcaft. 

3  Now  may  foft  (lumbers  clofe  my  eyes* 

From  pain  and  ficknefs  free  , 


M    N     S.  97 

i  let  nvy  waking  thoughts  arife, 
To  meditate  on  thee. 
4  Thus  bleis  each  future  Jay  and  night, 
Till  life's  vain  fcene  is  o'er  ; 
And  then  to  realms  of  endlefs  light, 
O  let  my  Spirit  fear. 

Liverpool  Cc-llecuoii. 

ftimUl  CXXVI.     Common  Metre.     Dl 

Looking  to  Him  ~  reed. 

INFINITE  grief  !  amazing  woe  I 
Behold  our  bleeding  Lord  ! 
Hell  and  the  Tews  confpir'd  his  death, 
And  us'd  the  Roman  fword. 

2  O,  the  fharp  pangs  of  pain  and  grief, 

That  our  Redeemer  bore  ! 
When  feourging  whips  and  pointed  thorn' 
His  facred  body  tore  ! 

3  But  feourging  whips  and  pointed  thorns 

In  vain  do  we  aeeufe  ! 
In  vain  we  blame  the  Roman  bands* 
And  the  more  fpiteful  Jews. 

4  Our  fins,  alas,  our  cruel  fins, 

His  chief  tormentors  were  ; 
:h  of  our  crimes  became  a  nail, 
And  unbelief  the  ipear. 

5  Strike,  mighty  grace,  our  flint] 

Till  melting  waters  flow  ; 
And  deep  contrition  drown  our  eye;,, 
In  uudiilembled  woe.  v;- 

lut  flowing  tears  cannot  fuffice, 
To  make  repentance  fure  ; 

D  let  our  hearts  be  purify'dj 
As  Ghrift  the  Lord  is  pure. 
I 


HYMNS. 
JpptUn  CXXVII.   Short  Metre.   [*  or  \f\ 

Bcptifm   l>y   Lnmcrf.Qn. 

IN  fuch  a  grave  as  this, 
The  meek  Redeemer  lay, 
When  he  our  fouls  to  feck  and  fave, 
Learn'd  humbly  to  obey. 

2  See  how  the  fpctlefs  Lamb 
Defcends  into  the  ftream, 

And  teaches  us  to  imitate 
What  him  fo  well  became, 

3  Let  tinners  wafh  away 
Their  fins  of  crimibn  dye  ; 

Bury'd  with  him,  their  vileft  fins 
Shall  in  oblivion  lie. 

4  Rife,  and  afcend  with  him, 
A  heavenly  life  to  lead  •, 

Who  came  to  ranfom  guilty  men 
From  regions  of  the  dead. 

5  Lord,  fee  the  tinner's  tears  ! 
Hear  his  repenting  cry  ! 

Speak  and  his  contrite  henrt  mall  live  ; 
Speak,  and  his  tins  (hall  die. 

6  Speak,  with  that  mighty  voice, 
Which  {hall  hereafter  fpread 

Its  fummons  through  the  earth  and  fea, 
To  raiie  the  deeping  dead. 

!J>J)lUn  CXXVIII.  Common  Metre,  t ! 

Cod  our  Pcrilun.      Plalm  iv.    ■'• 

IN  vain  the  erring  world  inquires 
Tor  true  fubftantial  good  ; 
Whilft  earth  cor.:  .  *s* 

They  live  on  airy  food. 


HYMN    S.  99 

n  Iilufive  dreams  of  happinefs 

Their  eager  thoughts  employ ; 
They  wake,  convinced  their  boafled  blifs 
Wa  s  vi fi o  r i aty  j  oy . 

3  Not  all  the  good  which  earth  beftows, 

Can  fill  the  craving  mind  ; 
Its  highefi:  joys  have  mingled  woes, 
And  leave  a  fling  behind. 

4  Be  gone,  ye  gilded  vanities  ! 

1  feek  fome  folid  good  ! 

To  real  blifs  my  willies  rife, 

The  favour  of  my  God. 

5  To  thee,  my  God,  my  foul  afpires  ^ 

Difpel  thefe  (hades  of  night-, 
Enlarge  and  fill  thefe  vait  de  fires 
With  infinite  delight. 

6  Immortal  joy  thy  fmiles  impart, 

Heaven  dawns  in  every  ray  ; 
One  glimpfe  of  thee  will  glad  my  heart, 
And  turn  my  night  to  day. 

Mrs.  Steele. 


$)gmn  CXXIX.  Common  Metre.  [*  or  |>] 

Yls   Covenant    cf  Grace. 

IN  vain  we  lavifh  out  our  lives, 
To  gather  empty  wind  •, 
The  choiceft  bleffings  earth  can  -yield 
Will  ftarve  a  hungry  mind. 
2  But  God  can  every  want  f  apply, 
And  fill  our  hearts  with  peace  i 
He  gives  by  cov'nant  and  by  oath 
The  riches  pf  his  grace. 


H     Y     M    N    S. 

3  ParJon  he  fpeaks  to  contrite  fouls, 

This  is  the  joyful  found, 
"  Your  fins  mall  (ink  beneath  the  fea> 
And  (hall  no  more  be  found. 

4  "  And  left  pollution  fhould  o'erfpread 

Ycur  inward  powers  ag 
My  fpirit  (hall  bedew  your  feu::, 
Like  purifying  rain. 

5  "  Your  ftony  hearts  I'll  take  away, 

That  will  not  be  refin'd  ; 
And  put  within  you  tender  hearts* 
To  my  bleft  will  inclin'd. 

6  "On  them  my  Spirit  Ilia  11  engrave 

The  precepts  of  my  law  ; 
And  by  the  gentle  cords  of  love 
Your  willing  fouls  frail  draw." 

7  Lord,  we  receive  thy  pard'ning  grace, 

We  yield  to  thy  commands  ; 
Thou  art  our  God,  and  we  are  thine, 
In  evcrlafting  ban  is. 

rs,  with  Variation  and  Add 

fppmn  CXXX.     Long  Mcir:, 

Cbrifl  th;  Way  to  God. 

IfJ  vain  wouid  boafting  reafon  find 
ll\  i  happinefs  and  God  j 

H  it  weak  directions  leave  the  mind 
Ecwilder'd  in  a  doubtful  road. 
:    TefuSj  d     rther  name  but  thine, 
•     fs  giv'n  by  everlaiting  love, 

To  lead  our  fouls  to  joys  divine  ; 
No  other  name  will  God  approve. 
q  Eternal  life  thy  words  impart, 
;j,  my  fainting  fpirit  UvCJ 


H     Y     M    N    S.  ic: 

Diviner  comforts  cheer  my  heart 
Than  all  the  power  of  nature  giv 

4  To  whom  but  t)  go, 
To  find  the                         g  way, 

That  leads  us  through  this  world  of  woe 
To  the  bright  realms  of  endlefs  clay. 

5  Here  let  my  conftant  feet  abide, 
Nor  from  the  heavenly  way  depart ! 
Let  thy  good  Spirit  be  my  guide, 
Direct  my  ftcps,  and  rule  my  heart. 

6  In  thee,  my  great  almighty  Friend, 
My  fafety  dwells,  and  peace  divine  $ 
On  thee  alone  my  hopes  depend, 
For  life,  eternal  life  is  thine. 

a.Irs.    Steele. 

at^mn  CXXXI.      Long  Metre.     VK 

IN  various  forms,  to  faints  of  old, 
(Jod  did  his  mind  and  will  unfold  ; 
But  Chriit,  commiffion'd  from  above, 
Hath  now  reveal'd  his  grace  and  love. 

2  We  read  the  volume  of  thy  word, 

book  of  life,  that  true  record  ; 
The  bright  inheritance  cf  heaven 
Is  by  this  fure  conveyance  given, 

3  His  kindeft  thoughts  are  here  expreft  , 
Abie  to  make  u$  wife  and  bleft  j 

His  doctrines  are  divinely  true, 
Fit  for  reproof  and  comfort  too. 

4  We  render  thanks  to  God  above, 

For  his  rich  grace  and  bcundkfs  love  ; 
Let  all  manki  \yt  his  word, 

And  every  nation  blefs  the  Lord. 

I  2  Liverpool  Collection* 


foa  H    Y    I\I    H    S. 

Tpgmn  cxxxii.  ttn,  [*] 

Prj-fj  fir    Creation 

I  SING  the  mighty  power  of  Go,!, 
That  made  tne  fc  ; 

That  fpread  the  flow.  ;d, 

And  built  the  lofty  \\ 

2  I  fing  the  wifdom  that  ordain'd 

Tne  fun  to  rule  the  day  ; 
The  moon  fhlnes  full  at  his  command* 
And  all  the  ftars  obey. 

3  I  fing  the  goodncft  of  the  Lord, 

That  BUM   the  earth  with  food: 
He  form'd  the  creatures  by  his  word, 
And  then  pronoune'd  them  good. 

4  Lord,  how  thy  wonders  are  difplayM, 

Where'er   I   turn  mine  eye  ! 
If  I  furvey  the  ground  I  tread, 
Or  gaze  upon  the  fky  ! 

r  There's  not  a  plant  or  flower  below 
But  makes  thy  glories  known  ; 
The  clouds  arife  and  tempefts  blow, 
By  order  from  thy  throne. 
6  Creatures,  as  num'rous  as  they  be, 
Are  fubjecr.  to   thy  care  ; 
There's  not  a  /.ere  we  can 

But  God  is  prefent  ::\ 

vr.. 

[ptjmn  CXXXIII.    Common  Metre, 

C  •'—  • 
ESUS,  I  love  thy  gloriou 
'  i  is  r^uvic  to  my  car  ; 
J'ain  would  I  found  it  out  fo  I; 
That  heaven  and  earth 


ic3 


H     Y     M     N     S. 

foul* 

nil  ; 
'els  to  thv::  are  ys, 

. 
5   All  my  m  wifh, 

In  thee  d  tly  meet  ; 

t  to  my  e  '  it  fo  dear, 

lip  half  fo  fweet. 

4  Thy  grace  ftill  dwells  upon  my  heart, 

And  :  there  ; 

The  richer  b  '  its  wounds, 

The  cordial  of  its  care. 

5  IT  ime 

With  tiring  bjreath  ; 

Th  :o  thee, 

The  j  f  death. 


JppmnCXXXIV.    i  ?tre.     [Korfcj 

JESUS  i  bove  the  T: 

Where  our  v  b  him  not  5 

And  carnal  c 
To  thruil  cur  Saviour  from  our  thoug 

te  knows  v  ag  hearts  we  have, 

eve  \ 
.  id,  he  gave 
This  kind  memori 

3  The  Lord  fpread, 

.  blood  ; 
We  on  ■  I 
And  sfs  our  God, 

4  Let'finfu  rgot, 


io4  HYMN    S. 

Chviil  and  his  love  61  thought. 

And  faith  and  ho|  d  on  him, 

£  Whilft  he  is  abfe 

Tis  to  prepare,  our  fouls  a  place  ; 
That  we  m.iy  dw<  lly  light, 

And  live  for_ 


fppnm  CXXXV.  Common  Metre.  [*  cr  b] 

"Relieving  Cbr'J}  in  h'rs  Sa',its. 

JESUS,  my  Lord,  how  rich  thy  grace  ! 
Thy  bounties,  how  complete  ! 
How  mall  I  count  the  rnatchlefs  fum  ? 
How  pay  the  mighty  debt  ? 

%  High  on  a  throne  of  radiant  light, 
Doll  thcu  exalted  (hine  ; 
"What  can  my  poverty  befl 
When  all  the  world  is  thine. 

3  But  thou  Kaft 

Partakers  of  thy 
And  wilt  confei  mc$ 

Before  thy  Father's  face, 

4  In  them  thou 

And  vifited  and  cheer'd  ; 
And,  in 

My  Saviour's  voice  is  heard. 

£  Thy  face,  wi  withlove, 

J  in  thy  poor  would  fee  ; 

sad, 
thee. 

DGE, 


II     Y     M    N     S. 
mn  CXXXVI.  Common  Met 

JESUS,  tlv  et<  i  of  God, 

Whom 
The  boforn  of  hi&  Fathei  left, 

And  entcr'd  human  clay. 

2  Into  our  fin  nil  world  he  came, 

The  meflenger  of  grace  ; 
And  on  the  curfed  tree  expired, 
A  victim  in  our  piece. 

3  Tranfgreflbrs  of  the  decpeft  ftain, 

In  him  falvation  find  ; 
His  blood  removes  the  fouleft  guilt  5 
His  Spirit  heals  the  mind. 

4  Our  Jefus  fives  from  fin  and  death, 

Kis  promifes  are  fure  ; 
And  on  this  rock  our  fouls  may  reft, 
Immoveably  feci 

r  O  let  thefe  tidings  be  received 
With  uniyerfal  joy  ; 
And  let  tlie  high  angelic  praife" 
Our  tuneful  powers  employ, 
6  Glory  to  God,  who  gave  his  Son, 
To  bear  out  than:,:  and  pain  -5 
Kence  peace  (  :c  to  man, 


::;.;h  ail  fucceihon  reign. 


anexxxvu.  7, 

Accept  y 
Accept  the  well  deferVd  renown, 
And  wear  cur  praifes  as  thy  crown. 


zz6  H    Y    M    N    S. 

1  Let  every  be 

our  efpoufals,  Lord,  to  thee  ; 
Like  the  bled;  hour,  when  from  above 
We  firft  receiv'd  thy  pledge  of  love. 

3  The  giadnefs  of  that  happy  day, 

Our  hearts  would  wifti  it  long  to  flay  ; 
Let  not  our  faith  forfake  its  hold, 
Nor  comfort  fmk,  nor  love  grow  cold. 

4  May  every  minute,  as  it  I 

Increafe  thy  praife,  improve  our  joys, 
Till  we  are  rais'd  to  fing  thy  name, 
At  the  great  fuppei  of  tlic  Lamb. 

Watts 

©BlTinCXXXVIIL  Common  Metre.  [*<*&] 

The  companionate  Call  cf  CBri/f.      M    tt.  KliiL  57,  38. 

JESUS,  the  friend  of  fmners,  c  - 
With  pity  in  his  eyes  ; 
And  warns  them  of  the  daqg'rous  f 
That  all  around  them  rife. 

2  "Fly  to  the  refuge  of  my  arms, 

"  And  dwell  fecure  from  fear  ; 
"  No  enemy  (hall  pluck  yen  hence, 
"  No  weapon  wound  you  here." 
g  With  anxious  heart,  the  parent  bird 
Thus  calls  her  offspring  round  ; 
When  furious  vultures  beat  the  air, 
And  (laughter  (tains  the  ground- 
4  The  trem  !\v  nature  taughtj 

Fly  I  •  retreat  \ 

Beneath  her  downy  wi  fafe. 

And  find  the  fheh 
K  Shall  men,  alas  !   more  tl  ■  '. .  men, 

tfe  to  lend  an  car  ? 


HYMN     S. 

Their  only  rcf  Qiunj 

And  rat:. 
<5  No,  let  us  take  the  oubrM  grace, 
Leil  we  hi^  wrath  i  if] 
For  bled  are  eir  truft 

In  his  almighty  name. 

red  :  om  D 

i^gmn  exxxix.  r 

JESUS,  we  fin  j  itchlefs  grace, 

That  calls  fuch  worms  thy  own  ; 
Gives  us  amc  lace* 

And  brin  .one. 

2  When  join'd  to  thee,  our  vital  head, 

Our  virtues  grow  and  thrive  ; 
From  th  is  dead, 

The  I 

3  Thy  faints  :  thofe  above 

Ail  join  in  fweet  accord  -, 
The  body  one,  in  mutual  love, 
And  thou  our  common  Lord. 

4  O  may  our  humble  faith  receive 

Thy  jhf  ; 

in  vain  (hall  ftritfd 

DoDintiDG*. 

—  -  .... i ._  _* — -j 

J  Oh 


icS  H     Y     M    N    S. 

Ail  arc  too  mean        To  fpeak  his  v/oithj 
Or  fet  i  /s      Glory  forth. 

2  Great  Prophet  of  our  God, 

Our  fouls  would  blefs  thy  name  ; 

By  thee,  the  joyful  news 

Of  our  falvation  came. 
The  joyful  news      Of  firis  forglv'n, 
Of  hell  fubdu'd,       And  peace  with  Heav'a. 

3  Jefus  our  great  Higb-Prieft 

Hath  fhed  his  blood,  and  died  j 
Our  guilty  confeience  feeks 
No  facrifice  be  fide. 
His  precious  blood         Did  once  atone, 
And  now  he  pleads        Before  the  throne, 

4  Our  great  almighty  L 
Our  Saviour  and  our  King  ; 
Thy  fceptre  and  thy  fword, 
Thy  reigning  grace  we  fing; 

Thine  is  the  power,         Behold  we  fit, 
Thy  willing  captives,      At  thy  feet. 

5  We  hear  our  Shepherd's  voice, 
His  watchful  eye  a  (hall  keep 
Our  wandering  fouls  among 
Ten  thou  lands  of  his  iheep. 

He  feeds  his  flock,      He  knows  their  na] 
His  bofom  bears         The  tender  lambs. 

6  Should  the  proud  hod  of  death, 
And  powers  of  hell  unknown, 
Put  their  moil  dreadful  forms 
Of  rage  and  malice  o 

We  fhall  be  fife,       For  Chriix 
.Superior  power.  An  1 


H    Y    M    N    S,  icp 

jpiUUn  CXLI.    Common  Metre,    E«oifr] 

Divine  Counfcls. 

~T7~  EEP  fdence,  all  created  things, 
|\_    And  wait  your  Maker's  nod  ! 
My  foul  (lands  trembling,  whiilt  (he  Grigs 
I  honours  of  her  God. 

2  Life,  death  and  hell,  and  worlds  unknown 

Hang  on  his  firm  decree  ; 
He  fits  on  no  precarious  throne, 
Nor  borrows  leave  to  be. 

3  Before  his  throne,  a  volume  lies, 

With  all  the  fates  of  men  •, 
With  every  angel's  form  and  Gze* 
Drawn  by  th'  eternal  pen. 

4  Kis  providence  unfolds  the  book, 

And  makes  his  counfels  thine  ; 
Each  opening  leaf,  and  every  Itroke 
Fulfils  feme  kind  defign. 

5  Here  he  exalts  neglected  worms 

To  fceptres  and  a  crown  ; 
And  then  the  following  page  he  turno, 
And  treads  the  monarch  down. 

6  No  creature  aiks  the  reafon  why, 

N'^r  God  the  reafon  gives  ; 

No  favourite  angel  dares  to  pry 

Between  the  folded  leaves. 

7  My  God,  I  would  not  wi(h  to  fee 

My  fate  with  curious  eyes  ; 
What  gloomy  lines  are  w:::  for  me,. 
Or  what  bright  fcenes  may  rife. 

8  In  thy  fair  book  of  life  and  grace, 

May  I  but  find  my  name, 
K 


no 


il    Y    M    N    S. 


Recorded,  in  fome  humble  p] 
Beneath  my  Lord,  die  Lamb. 

Watt:. 


fppmn  CXL1I.     Common  Mate.      M 

:  :r:s. 

LADEN  with  guilt,  and  full  of  fears, 
I  come  to  thee,  my  Lord  5 
For  not  a  ray  of  hope  appears 
But  in  thy  holy  word. 

2  The  volume  of  my  Fathers  grace 

Does  all  i  I  affuage  5 

There  I  behold  my  Saviour's  face 
In  every  facred  page. 

3  This  is  the  field  where  hidden  lies 

The  pearl  of  price  unknown  •, 
Then  bleit  is  he  who  wifely  tries 
To  make  that  peat!  his  ov»n. 

4  Here  living  water  gently  flows, 

To  wafh  me  from  my  fin  *, 
Here  the  fair  tree  of  knowledge  grows, 
Nor  danger  dwells  the! 

5  This  is  the  j  it  ends  the  ftrife, 

Where  ft  fail  \ 

My  guide  to  everlafting  life, 

my  vale. 

6  May  d  O  my  God, 

Thefe  i\  i  \ 

•  i  forfake  :>ad 

ids  to  thy  right  hand. 

Watt*,  varied 


H    Y    M    N    S.  in 

JpflttW  CXLIII.   Common  Metre.    [ %  or  [>] 

In  a  Thur.dtr  SUrm. 

LET  coward  guilt,  with  pallid  fear, 
To  ihcl:  ring  caverns  fly, 
And  juftly  dread  the  vengeful  fate 
Which  thunders  through  the  iky  : 

2  Protected  by  that  hand,  whofe  law 

The  threat'ning  ftorms  obey* 
Intrepid  virtue  (miles  fecure, 
As  in  the  blaze  of  day. 

3  In  the  thick  cloud's  tremendous  gloom4 

The  lightning's  horrid  glare. 
It  views  the  fame  ail-gracious  Power 
Which  breathes  the  vernal  air. 

4  Through  nature's  ever  varying  fcene3 

By  different  ways  purfu'd, 

The  one  eternal  end  of  Heav'n 
Is  univerfal  good. 

5  With  like  beneficent  effect,  * 

O'er  flaming  ether  glows, 
As  when  it  tunes  the  linnet's  voice, 
And  blufhes  in  the  rofe. 

5  When  through  creation's  vaft  expanfe, 
The  laft  dread  thunders  roll, 
Untune  the  concord  of  the  fphercs, 
And  fhake  the  guilty  foul  : 
7  Unmov'd,  may  we  the  final  ftorm 
\      Of  jarring  worlds  furvey, 
That  ufheors  in  the  tranquil  morn 
Of  everlafting  day. 

Mr?.  Carter, 


ii l  H    Y    M    N 

Dpiiir,  C.Y.I  AW 


L 


ET  c- 


ice  ; 

-  trumpet  or*  i. 
With  an  ini  ice. 

2  Hr  hungry,  (tarving  fouls, 

Who  feed  upon  the  wind  ; 

And  vainly  drive  with  earthly  I 

To  fill  th?  immortal  mind  ! 

3  Eternal  Wifdqm  has  prepir'd 

A  foul  re  Feaft  ; 

And  bids  your  longing  appetites 
The  rich  provifion  tafte. 

4  Ho  !  ye  that  pant  for  living  ftreams, 

And  pine  away  and  die  ; 
Here  you  may  quench  your  raging  thirfl 
With  ftreams  that  never  dry. 

c  Rivers  of  love  and  mercy  here 
fa  a  rich  ocean  join  ; 
Salvation  in  abundance  rl  ^ 
Like  floods  ol  .J  wine. 

6  O  Lord,  the  treafurcs  of  thy  I 
Are  dee;  Dm'd  mi:: 

Deep  a  miferies  i 

And  bour  our  fins, 

i.e  happy  gates  of  gofpel  grace 
Stand  open  :  y  ; 

We  humbly 

our  want 


H    Y    M    N    S.  113 

Him  CXLV.     Long  Metre.    [*« 

LET  men  of  high  conceit  and  zeal 
Their  fervours  and  their  faith  procl~: 
If  charity  be  wanting  it  ill, 

The  reft  is  but  a  founding  name. 

2  Patient  and  meek  me  fuffers  long, 
And  flowly  her  refentments  rife  ; 
Soon  (lie  forgets  the  greateit  wrong, 
And  loon  the  angry  paffion  dies. 

3  She  envies  none  their  better  Date, 

But  makes  her  neighbour's  bills  her  own  5 
Nor  vaim  If  with  mind  elate, 

But  full  a  modeft  air  puts  on. 

4  Her  neighbour's  infamy  and  ill 
To  her  no  entertainment  give  . 
She's  pleas'd  to  fee  him  profper  full, 
And  ft  ill  in  good  repute  to  live. 

5  This  is  the  grace  that  reigns  on  high, 
'    And  will  forever  brightly  burn, 

When  hope  fir  a  1 1  in  enjoyment  die, 

And  faith  to  intuition  turn.  Smart 


$gtlUl  CXLVI.      Long  Metre.      [«] 

LET  mortal  tongues  attempt  to  Gng       • 
The  wars  of  heaven,  when  Michael  ftood^ 
Appointed  by  the  eternal  King, 
To  tight  the  battles  of  cur  God. 
3  Againft  the  dragon  and  his  hod, 
The  armies  of  the  Lord  prevail  ; 
In  vain  they  rage,  in  vain  they  boaft, 
Their  courage  finks,  their  weapons  fail* 


H4  H     Y     M     N    S. 

3  Down  to  the  earth  was  Satan  thrown, 
Down  to  the  earth  his  legions 

Then  was  the  trump  of  triumph  blown, 

And  ihook  the  dreadful  deeps  of  hell. 

4  Now  is  the  hour  of  darknefs  p^ft, 
Chriit  hath  aflum'd  his  reigning  power  ; 
Behold  the  great  accufer  call 

Down  from  the  (kies,  to  rife  no  more. 

5  Twas  by  thy  blood,  immortal  Lamb, 
Thine  armies  trod  the  dragon  down  ; 
'Twas  by  thy  word  and  powerful  name, 
They  gain'd  the  battle  and  renown. 

6  Rejoice,  ye  heavens,  let  every  ftar 
Shine  with  new  glories  round  the  fl:y  -y 
Saints,  while  ye  fing  the  heavenly  war, 
Raife  your  Deliverer's  name  on  high. 

Watts. 

IjJgmn  CXLVII.  Common  Metre.  [«  or  b] 

Frail  Bodies ,  an  J  G:J  ovr  Prkfervfr, 

LET  others  boaft  how  ftrong  they  be, 
Nor  death  nor  danger  fear  ; 
But  we'll  confefs,  O  Lord,  to  thee, 
What  feeble  things  we  are. 

2  Frefh  as  the  grafs,  our  bodies  (land, 

And  flouriili  bright  and  gay  ; 
A  blading  wind  fweeps  o'er  the  land, 
And  fades  the  grafs  away. 

3  Our  flefn  contains  a  thoufand  fprings, 

And  dies  if  one  be  gone  ; 
Strange  !  that  a  harp  of  thoufand  firings        ) 
Should  keep  in  tune  fo  long  ! 

4  But  'tis  our  God  fupports  our  frame, 

The  God  who  made  us  firft  j 


HYMN    S.  nr 

Salvation  to  th1  fdmighty  Name 
That  rear'd  us  from  the  duft. 
5  Whilft  we  have  breath,  cr  ufe  car  i 
Our  Maker  we'll  adore  ; 
His  Spirit  moves  our  heaving  1: 
Or  they  would  breathe  no  more. 

Watt*. 

tygmn  CXLVIII.     Short  Metre.   [Sot;] 

LET  party  names  no  more 
i  he  Cniiftian  world  o'erfpread  *, 
Gentile  and  Jew,  and  bond  and  free 

Are  one  in  Cirriit  their  head. 
z  Among  the  faints  on  earth, 
Let  mutual  love  be  found  ; 
Heirs  of  the  fame  inheritance, 
With  mutual  bleflinga  crown'd. 

3  Let  envy,  cliild  of  L 
Be  banifh'd  far  away  ; 

Thofe  fhould  in  ftrifteft  friendfhip  dwell, 
Who  the  fame  Lord  obey. 

4  Thus  will  the  c  slow 
Refemble  that  above  *, 

Where  ftreams  of  pleafure  always  flow, 
And  every  heart  is  love. 

BEDDOVg. 

fDnitmCXLIX.   Common  Metre.  E*oyW 

IM  Fa'i'h  ir  Hope. 

LET  Pharifees  of  high  efteera, 
Their  faith  and  zeal  declare. 
All  their  religion  is  a  dream, 
If  love  be  wanting  there. 


Iirt  HYMN    S. 

2  Love  fufFers  long  with  patient  eye, 

Nor  is  provok'd  in  hafte  ; 
She  lets  the  prefent  inj'ry  die, 
And  long  forgets  the  paft. 
£  Majice  and  rage,  thofe  fires  of  hell, 
She  quenches  with  her  tongue  •, 
Hopes  and  believes,  and  thinks  no  ill^ 
Though  (he  endures  the  wrong. 

4  She  ne'er  defires  nor  feeks  to  know 

The  fcandals  of  the  time  ; 
Nor  looks  with  pride  on  thofe  beloWj 
Nor  envies  thofe  who  climb. 

5  She  lays  her  own  advantage  by, 

To  ieck  her  neighbour's  good  ; 
So  God's  own  Son  came  down  to  die2 
And  fave  us  by  his  blood. 

6  Love  is  the  grace  that  keeps  her  power 

In  the  Weft  realms  above  ; 
There  faith  and  hope  are  known  no  more. 
But  faints  forever  !ovec 

Watts. 

ipgmtt   CL.     Common  Metre.  [#or|# 

LET  thofe  who  bear  the  chriftian  name 
Their  promifes  fulfil  ; 
The  faints,  the  followers  of  the  Lamb, 
Are  mc  tom  ftill. 

%  True  to  the  folemn  orth3  they  take, 
Th  heir  hurt  they  fwear  ; 

Conftant  and  juft  to  ail  they  fpeak, 
For  God  and  angels  h< 

3  Still. with  their  lips,  their  hearts  agreeA 

Nor  flattering  words  devife  ; 


II     Y     M     N    S.  i  - 

They  know  the  God  of  truth  c:n  fee 
Through  every  I  ...    d  ifgui 

4  They  hate  Che  appearance  of  a  lie, 

Li  all  the  fhapes  it  wears  ; 
And  God  has  '  !,  when  they  die, 

Eternal  life  is  theirs. 

5  Lo,  from  afar  the  Lord  defcends, 

And  bring?  the  '  t  down  ; 

He  bids  his  faints,  ins  faithful  frie: 
Rife  and  pofiefs  their  crown. 

Watt*. 

Jpgmn  CLI.    Common  Metre*  [#or<r 

'Toe  Bread  of  Life.       John  vi.  49,  54. 

LET  us  adore  tlr  Eternal  Word, 
'Lis  he  our  fouls  hath  fed  ; 
Thou  art  cur  living  dream,  O  Lord, 
And  thou  tlv  immortal  bread. 

2  The  manna  came  from  lower  fides  ; 

But  Jefus  from  above. 
Where  the  frefli  fprings  of  pleafure  rife. 
And   rivers  flow  wi^h  \z\  :. 

3  The  :  thers  dyM  at  \&, 

t  heavenly 
But  thefe  provifiojis  which  we  t.itle 
Can  raiie  us  from  the  dead. 

4  Bled  be  the  Lord,  that  gives  his  fiefh 

To  nourifh  dying  men  ; 
And  often  fpreads  ms  table  frelh, 

Left  we  mould  faint  arg 
t;  Our  fouls  (hall  draw  their  heavenly  bfe&thj 

While  Jefus  finds  fupplies  ; 
Nor  Dial)  cur  graces  fink  to  death, 

For  Jefus  never  di< 


n8  H    Y     M    N    S. 

6  Daily  our  mortal  flefh  decays, 

liut  Chrid  our  life  {hall  come  ; 
And  by  his  mighty  power  fhail  raife 
Our  bodies  from  the  tomb. 

WATT9, 


fp'gnm  CLII.      Common  Metre.       [M 

On  the  Death  of  a  Cb&L 

LIFE  is  a  fpan,  a  fleeting  hour, 
How  foon  the  vapour  flies  ! 
Man  is  a  tender  tranfient  flower, 
That  in  the  blooming  dies. 

2  Death  fpreads,  like  winter,  frozen  arms. 

And  beauty  fmiles  no  more  ; 
Where  now  are  fled  thofe  rifing  charms 
"Which  pleas'd  our  eyes  before  ? 

3  The  once  lov'd  form,  now  cold  and  deadj. 

Each  mournful  thought  employs  ; 
And  nature  weeps  her  comforts  fled^ 
And  wither'd  all  her  joys. 

4  But  wait  the  interpofing  gloom, 

And  lo  !   ftern  winter  flies  ! 
And,  dreft  in  beauty's  faireft  bloom, 
The  flowery  tribes  arife. 

5  Hope  looks  beyond  the  bounds  of  time^ 

When,  what  we  now  deplore 

Shall  rife  in  full  immortal  prime, 

And  bloom,  to  fade  no  more. 

6  Then  ceafc,  fond  nature,  dry  thy  tears., 

Religion  points  on  high  ; 
There  cverlafting  fpring  appears, 
And  joys  that  never  die, 

Mrs.  Steele. 


HYMN    S, 

i:9 

CLIII.      Long  Mar j. 

»] 

Life  and  Death. 

!>mn 

LIFE  is  the  time  to  ferve  the  Lord, 
The  time  t'  Lnfure  the  great  reward  ; 
And  whilft  the  lamp  holds  out  to  burn, 
The  vileft  (inner  may  return. 

2  Life  is  the  hour  which  God  has  giv'n, 
To  'fcape  from  hell,  and  fly  to  heav,n  j 
The  day  of  grace,  and  mortals  ra  :y 
Secure  th 

3  The  living  .  lie, 
But  aii  the  cY  .                     lie  3 

Their  mem'Yy  and  re  gone, 

Alike  unknowing  and  unknown, 

4  Their  hatred  and  their  love  are  loft  ; 
Their  envy  buried  in  the  daft  \ 
They  have  1:0  ihare  in  all  that's  done 
Beneath  the  circuit  o:  the  fun. 

5  No  a£ts  of  pardon  Cdn  be  paft 

In  the  cold  grave  to  which  we  hade  : 

For  no  repentance  can  be  found, 

Nor  faith,  nor  hope,  beneath  the  ground, 

6  Then,  what  my  thoughts  defign  to  do, 
My  foul,  with  all  thy  might  purfue  j 
Believe,  and  take  the  promised  reft, 
Obey,  and  be  forever  bieft. 

WATTS. 

pymn  CLIV.    Common  Metre.    [«or^ 

CoxvUHon  of  Sim,  end  Relief  by  tin    C 

LORD,  how  fecure  my  confidence  wa&> 
And  felt  no  inward  dread  1 
I  was  alive  without  the  law, 
And  thought  my  fins  were  dead  ! 


320 


H    Y     51    N    S. 


My  hopes  of  heaven  yerc  linn  and  bright  *7 

But  ( 
With  a  convincing  power  and  light, 

I  find  how  vile  I  am. 

3  My  guilt  appear'd  but  fmall  before, 

Tffl,  tcrmy'd,  I  few 

How  perfect,  holy,  j  Lift  and  pure 
Is  thine  eternal  law. 

4  Then  felt  my  foul  the  heavy  load;. 

My  fins  reviv'd  aga 
I  had  provok'd  a  holy  God, 
And  all  my  hopes  are  vain, 

5  My  God,  what  power  fhall  I  invoke 

With  my  laft  lab'ring  breath, 

To  rid  me  of  this  wretched  yoke, 

Thefe  bonds  of  fin  and  death. 

6  In  Jefus  1  behold  thy  face, 

Thy  mercy  there  L  fee  ; 
Through  him  I  truft  thy  boundlefs  grace, 
To  fet  the  pris'ner  free. 

\Y.\i -j  5,  with  Variation  ar.d  Addition'. 

U'i  ■  ' — " — ——————————— ——^ — — — . 

rpgtnn  CLV.      Common  Metre.       [$] 

R?c:i>.  N  cknefu 

LOR"7),  in  thy  kr  tee  I  would  fpend 
Tue  \yi  ; 

Wh  ith  renew'd, 

But  to -i 
2  Thy  own  alh  ighty  power  and  love 
Did  this  weak  ^z\nz  fuftairi, 
When  life  was  he  'er  the  grave, 

And  nature  funk  with  pain. 
j  Thou,  when  the  pains  of  death  were  felt^ 
Didft  chafe  the  fears  of  hell  > 


H    Y    M    N    ft  221 

And  teach  my  pale  and  quiv'ring  lips 

Thy  matchkis  grace  to  tell. 
Into  thy  hands,  my  Saviour  God} 

I  did  my  foul  refign, 
In  firm  dcpcndance  on  that  truth 

Which  made  falvation  mine. 
From  the  dark  borders  of  the  grave, 

At  thy  command,  I  come  ; 
or  would  I  urge  a  fpeedier  flight 

To  my  celefiial  home. 
Where  thou  (halt  fettle  my  abode, 

There  would  I  choofe  to  be  ; 
For  in  thy  prdfence,  death  is  life, 

And  earth  is  heaven  with  thee. 

DODDB.IDGJ- 


E)pmU  CLVI.    Lcng  Merre.    C*  or  W 

LORD  of  the  earth,  and  tea,  arc  fkies, 
All  nature  owns  thy  fov'reign  power  \ 
At  thy  command  the  temped*  rife* 
At  thy  command  the  thunders  rear. 

2  We  hear  with  trembling  and  affright 
The  voice  of  heaven,  tremendous  found  ! 
Keen  lightnings  pierce  the  {hades  of  night, 
And  fpread  their  horrors  all  around. 

3  What  mortal  could  fuftain  the  flroke, 
Should  wrath  divine  in  dreadful  dorms, 
Which  our  repeated  crimes  provoke, 
Defccnd  to  crum  rebellious  worms  i 

4  Thefe  dreadful  glories  of  thy  name 
With  terror  would  c'erv/l.ehn  cur  fq 


122  H     Y     M     N    S. 

But  mercy  dawns  with  kinder  beam,. 
And  guilt  and  riling  fear  controls. 

5  O  let  thy  mercy,  on  my  heart, 

With  cheering,  healing  radiance  fhine  } 

Bid  every  anxious  fear  depart, 

And  gently  whifper  "  thou  art  mine." 

6  Then,  fafe  beneath  thy  guardian  care, 
In  hope  ferene  my  foul  mall  rell  ; 

Nor  itorms  nor  dangers  reach  me  there, 
In  thee,  my  God,  my  refuge,  bleft. 

Mrs.  Stlele 


CLVII.     Long  Metre.     [*  or  |tf 

*TLz  Eternal  Sal i 

LORD  >bath,  hear  our  vows, 

Oil  this  thy  day,  in  thh  thy  hoi 
And  let  our  fohgs  and  worfhip  rife 
Like  grateful  incenfc  to  the  flu 

2  Thine  earthly  Sabbaths,  Lord,  we  leve  ; 
But  there3 

To  that,  our  labouring  foil 

With  ard  Gre. 

3  N  »  more  fatigue,  no  more  diitrefs, 

Nor  iin,  nor  d  ch  the  place  v 

No  groans  Orally  rigs, 

Which  warble  from  immortal  tongues. 

4  No  rude  alarm-  ng  foes, 
To  interrupt  the  long  repofe  ; 

No  midnight  (hade,  no  clouded  fun, 
To  veil  the  bright  eternal  i 

5  O  long  cxpe&ed  <U\'f 

\ 


H     T     ffl     N    S. 

Id  we  quit  this  wcafcrf  r 
in  death,  to  re  it  with  ( 


■;.n  CLV1I1.      Common  Metre. 

OR.D,  thou  art  good,  all  nafirre  fliowi 

ill  and  free  and  kii 
Thy  bounty  through  cr 

Nor  can  it  be 

2  The  whole  in  every  part  proclaims 

It  flu  1  ftreams, 

And  barfts  from  every  hilL 

j  It  fijls  -  extended  main, 

And  heavens  :e  wide; 

It  drops  in  g  s  of  rain, 

Ana  rolls  in  e\ery  tide. 

4  Still  hath  it 

rhr«  nc ; 

Nor  ever 

5  Tin 

5pi  s  j 

Lord,  in  yes, 

An  ite  our  he  u 

6  H  nation  let  i 

ifc, 

! 


124  H     Y     M    N    S. 

3>gmn  CLIX.   Short  Metre. 

YLe  Trot;.]f(  to    \  r m 

LORD,  what  our  ears  have  heard, 
Our  eyes  delighted  tra 
Tfay  love  in  long  fucceilion  ihowa 
To  Sion's  chofen  race. 

2  Our  children  thou  doft  claim, 
And  mark  them  out  for  thine  ; 

Ten  thou  fa  nd  bleffings  to  thv  name 
For  goodrrefs  \'o  divine. 

3  Thee,  let  the  fathers  own, 
And  thee,  the  ions  adore  ; 

Joitvd  to  the  Lord  in  folemn  vows, 
To  be  forgot  no  more. 

4  Thy  cov'nant  may  they  keep, 
And  blefs  the  happy  bands, 

Which  clofer  ftill  engage  their  hearts 
To  honour  thv  commands. 

5  How  gceat  thy  mercies,  Lord  ! 
How  plenteous  is  thy  grace  ! 

Which,  m  the  promife  of  thy  love, 
Includes  our  riling  race. 

6  Our  offspring,  ftill  thy  ca:r, 
Shall  o'vn  their  father's  God, 

To  lateft  times  thy  bleffing  (hare, 
And  found  thy  rraiie  abroad. 

Saliftrarv    Collection, 


\pVV.\l\  CLX.     Cowmen  Metre.      [*] 

I 

LORD, when  my  rapturM  thought  fill 
Creation's  beauties  o'e- , 


H     Y     M    N    S. 

All  nature  joins  to  rife, 

And  bid  my  foul  adore. 

'er  I  turn  lg  eyes, 

ty  radiant  footiteps  fliine  ; 
Tea  thou 

trine. 

3  The  living  tribes  of  co 

In  earth  and  lea  ;.. 
li  : 
Aln  I  .re. 

4  Allroft  ind, 

Fron  land, 

of  good  ! 

5  Th-  ~een5 

;d  ; 
The  ene, 

and. 

6  The  fruitful  tree,  the  blooming  Sower, 

In  varied  charms  appear  •, 

;r  varied  charms  difplay  thy  power, 
Thy  good :ie;  lare. 

7  The  fun  live  quick'ning  beams 

The  gr<y  lure  fpread  •, 

Refrefhing  rains  and  cooling  ftreams 
His  gentle  influence  aid. 

8  The  moon  and  (tars  his  abfent  light 

K.efle£l  with  borrow'd  rays  *, 
And  deck  the  fable  veil  of  night, 
fpeak  their  Makers  praife. 

MolStzei 

L   2 


126  H     Y    M    N    S. 

ippmn'CLXi.    i         ->c.    ctkrrt 

LORD,v,  delighted  rove 

love, 
G!  art, 

And  b:d<  inrr 

2  Bui  ings  I  furv 
And  faith  e 

Thefc  deaf  memorials  of  thy  pa 
Prefent  -mew  the  dreadful  fcene. 

3  I  hear  *  ns,  with  deep  furprize, 

Ai  rh  we e pin  g  e yes  ; 

Each  ng  groan, 

-.  anguifh  filTd,  and  pail  wn. 

4  For  mortal  crimes,  a  facrifice, 

Lord  of  life,  the  Saviour  &..     j 
What  love,  what  mercy,  how  dii 
And  can  L  <  riour  mine  : 

5  Repent  i  at, 
But  rt  | 
O  i                                       are 
The  forrow  an  J  the  joy  finccrc. 

6  Be  ail  my  heart,  and  all  my  d 
Devoted  to  ray  Saviour's  praifi  -, 
&nd  let  my  glad  obedience  proi 
How  much  i  ov  much  I  Ic-e. 

:.  --.  STEELE, 


mil  CL XII.     Iwij  iV/tfre. 

CUD  let  the  tuneful  trumpet  found, 
^  />:  d]  tidings  rcund J 


HYMN    S.  ir 

Let  every  foul  with  tranfport  hear, 
And  hail  the  Lord's  accepted  year. 

2  Ye  debtors,  wlicm  he  gives  to  know, 
That  you  ten  thoiifand  talents  owe, 
Vvrhen  humbled  at  his  feet  you  fell, 
Your  gracious  Lord  forgives  thtth  all. 

*3  Slaves,   who  have  borne  the  heavy  chain, 
Of  fin  and  hell's  tyrannic  reign, 
To  liberty  aflert  your  c^i::i, 
And  plead  the  great  Redeemer's  name. 

4  The  rich  inheritance  of  heaven, 

Your  joy,  your  crown,  are  freely  giv'n  *, 

Fair  Salem  your  arrival  waits, 

With  golden  ftreets  and  pearly  gates. 

5  Her  blefl:  inhabitants  no  more 
Bondage  and  poverty  deplore  ; 
No  debt  but  love  Immenfely  great, 
Whofe  joy  filll  rifes  with  the  debt. 

6  O  happy  fouls,  who  know  the  found  ! 
God's  light  mail  all  their  fteps  furround, 
And  (hew  that  jubilee  begun, 

Which  ihrcugh  eternal  years  (hall  run. 

Doddridge, 


jppnm  CLXIIL   Hallelujah  Metre.    [«| 

tt*  Tnuwph  of  drift,  and  tit  Pc-ver  "f  his  GsfpcL 

LOUD  to  the  Prince  of  heaven 
Your  cheerful  voices  raiie  ! 
To  him  your  vows  be  given, 
And  fill  his  courts  with  praife. 
With  confeious  worth,         All  clad  in  arms, 
All  bright  m  churras,        He  follies  forth. 


123  H     Y     M     N     S. 

2  Gird  on  thy  conquering  fwoi 

Ai 

And  inarch,     .  y  Lord, 

To  wage  thy  hoiy  \ 
Before  his  wheels,  jlad  furprize, 

Yc  vallies  rife,  And  ;.ills. 

3  Fair  truth  and  gentle  love, 
With  righteoufnefs- and  peace, 
In  thy  retinue  m.> 

Thy  conquering  power  to  grace. 
Thou  in  their  caufe         Shalt  prosperous  ride, 
And  far  and  wide  Difpenfe  thy  laws. 

4  Before  thy  mighty  fword 
Millions  of  foes  mail 
The  captives  of  thy  word, 
That  word  which  conquers  all. 

The  world  ihall  know,        Great  King  of  kings, 
What  wond'rous  things      Thine  arm  can  do. 

5  Here  to  my  willing  foul 
Bend  thy  triumphant  way  ; 
Here  every  foe  control, 
And  all  thy  power  difplay. 

Beneath  thy  fword,        Bleft  jefus,  fee, 

I  bow  to  thee,  My  Prince  and  Lord. 

Doddridge,  varied. 


£)|)mn  CLXIV.      Long  Metre.     Ct] 

Fblly  cured  by  AJ/Hflion. 

LOW  at  thy  gracious  feet  I  bend, 
My  God,  my  everlaiting  friend, 
Permit  the  claim  ;  O  let  thine  ear 
My  humble  fuit  indulgent  hear. 


II    Y    M    N    S.  i2g 

2  Lord,  thou  had  bid  me  feel;  thy  face, 
And  afk  of  thee,  thy  promised  grace  ; 
O  may  thy  favour,  bins  divine  [ 
With  fuller,  clearer  radiance  fhine. 

3  But,  O  my  heart,  reflect  with  fhame ; 
Can  I  prefer  fo  bold  a  claim  ? 
Confcious  how  often  I  have  (tray'd, 
By  empty  vanities  betray 'd. 

4  How  oft,  ungrateful  to  my  Gcd, 
Have  trifles  cailM  my  thoughts  abroad  ! 
Till  heavenly  pity  faw  me  roam, 

And  bade  affliction  bring  me  home. 

5  And  when  the  fnares  of  earth  were  broke. 
By  kind  affliction's  needful  ftroke, 

Have  not  I  own'd,  with  humble  praife, 
That  juft  and  right  are  all  his  ways  ? 

6  Yes,  gracious  God,  before  thy  throne, 
My  yilenefs  and  thy  love  I  own  ; 

O  let  that  love,  with  beams  divine, 
Forgiving,  healing,  round  me  fhine. 

7  Whene'er,  ungrateful  to  my  God, 
This  heedlefs  heart  requires  the  rod, 
Thy  arm  fup porting,  I  implore  ; 
The  hand  that  chattels,  can  reflore. 

$  O  may  the  kind  conviction  prove 
A  fruit  of  thy  paternal  love  ; 
Wean  me  from  earth,  from  fin  refine, 
And  make  my  heart  entirely  thine. 

Mr?.    STFFT.r, 


L 


130  HYMN    S. 

Dpmn  CLXV.     Common  Metre.    [*] 

;  Icm. 

O,  what  a  glorious  fight  appears 
To  our  believing  eyes  ! 
The  earth  and  feas  are  pad  away, 
And  the  old  rolling  (kit 

2  From  the  third  heaven,  where  Godrefides, 

That  holy,  happy  place, 
The  new  Jerufalem  comes  down, 
Adorn'd  with  mining  grace. 

3  Attending  angels  fhout  for  joy, 

And  the  bright  armies  fing  ; 
Mortals,  behold  the  facred  feat 
Of  your  defcending  King. 

4  "  The  God  of  glory,  down  to  men 

Removes  his  bleit  abode  ; 

Men  are  the  objects  of  his  love, 

And  he  their  gracious  God. 

5  "  His  tender  hand  fhall  wipe  the  tears 

From  ev'ry  weeping  eye  , 
And  pains  and  groans  and  griefs  and  fears, 
And  death  iticlf  fhall  die." 

6  How  bright  the  virion  !  but  how  long 

Shall  this  glad  hour  delay  ! 
Fly  fwiftcr  round,  ye  wings  of  time, 
And  bring  the  welcome  day. 

Watts. 

JppmnCLXVI.    Common  Mitre.   fcft'o'tl] 

A  living    and  a    dead  Faith, 

MISTAKEN  fouls,  that  dream  of  heaven, 
And  make  their  empty  boaft 


H     Y    M    N    5.  131 

Of  inward  joys  and  fins  forgiven, 
Whilft  they  are  Haves  to  luft. 

2  Vain  are  our  fancies'  airy  flights, 

If  faith  be  cold  and  dead  ; 

None  but  a  living  power  unites 

To  Chrift  the  living  Head. 

3  'Tis  faith  that  changes  all  the  heart ; 

Tis  faith  that  works  by  love  *, 
That  bids  all  finful  joys  depart, 
And  lifts  the  thoughts  above. 

4  'Tis  faith  that  conquers  earth  and  hell 

By  a  celeitial  power  ; 
This  is  the  grace  that  ftiall  prevail 
In  the  dccifive  hour. 

5  Faith  mud  obey  our  Father's  will, 

A  i  well  as  truft  Ids  grace  ; 
A  pardoning  God  is  jealous  (till, 
For  his  own  holinefs. 

6  When  from  the  curie  he  fcts  us  free. 

He  makes  our  natures  clean  ; 
Nor  would  he  fend  his  Son  to  be- 
The  miniftei  of  tin. 

7  His  Spirit  fills  cur  hearts  with  love, 

And  feals  our  peace  with  God  ; 
With  cheerful  ileps  our  feet  (hall  move 
Along  the  heavenly  road. 

Watts,  varied. 


fpymn  CLXVII.    Lmg  Metre.    DK©r>] 

MY  dear  Redeemer,  and  my  Lord, 
I  read  my  dutj  in  thy  word  ; 


132  H    Y    M    N    S. 

But  in  thy  life  thy  law  app 
Drawn  out  in  living  characters* 

2  Such  was  thy  piety  and  zeal, 

Thy  deference  to  thy  F  tther's  vv ill  ; 

Thy  love  and  meeknei    io  divine, 

I  would  transcribe  and  make  them  mine* 

3  Cold  mountains  and  the  midnight  air, 
Witnefs'd  the  fervour  of  thy  prayer  •, 
The  defart  thy  temptations  knew, 
Thy  conflict  and  thy  vidVry  too. 

4  Be  thou  my  pattern,  mak£  me  bear 
Move  of  thy  gracious  image  here  ; 

Then  God,  the  Judge,  fhail  own  my  name 
Among  the  followers  of  the  Lamb. 

Watt  «. 


imnCLXVIH.     Long  Metre.   [*orpj 

Retirement  end  McdHatimt* 

f  Y  God,  permit  me  not  to  be 
A  ftranget  to  myfelf  and  thee  : 
Ar     [ft  ten  thoufand  thoughts  I  rove-, 
For.  my  highefl  lc 

2  Why  fhould  my  paiTions  mix  with  earth, 
ie  my  heavenly  birth  ? 
V5  hy  (hould  i  cleave  to  things  below, 
And  let  my  God,  my  Saviour  go  ? 

rrie  aw  ty  from  fle(h  and  fenfe, 

lw  me  thence  % 
:  divine, 
ys  refign, 

t  fcenes  withdrawn  \ 
Let  noife  and  van  ■  ac  -, 


HYMN    S.  133 

In  fecret  filence  of  the  mind, 

My  heaven,  and  there  my  God,  I  find. 

Watts. 

Jpgmn  CLXIX.  Common,  Metre,   it  ■»  W 

\ant, 

MY  God,  the  cov'nant  of  thy  love 
Abides  forever  lure  ; 
And  in  its  boundlefs  grace  I  feel 
My  happinefs  fecure. 

2  What  though  my  houfe  be  not  with  thee5 

As  nature  could  defire  ? 
To  higher  joys  than  nature  gives, 
My  nobler  views  afpire. 

3  Since  thou,  the  everlafting  God, 

My  Father  art  become  ; 
Jefus,  my  Guardian  and  my  Friend, 
And  heaven  my  fi  oe  ; 

4  I  welcome  all  thy  ibv'reign  will, 

For  ail  .  lis  love  •, 

And  when  thy  providence  is  dark, 
I  wait  thy  light  above. 

5  Thy  cov'nant  in  my  dying  he 

Shall  dwell  upon  my  tongue  % 
And  when  I  wake,  (hall  ft  ill  employ 
My  everLfUi-r  long. 

tpgmn  CLXX.      C:  Metre.      .    J 

MY  G<  ire  thine  ! 

How  •  yet  how  ftrong  ! 

WhUft  power,  and  truth,  and  love  corabi 
To  draw  our  fouls  along. 

Si 


*34 


HYMN     S. 


2  When  cruflvd  beneath  the  heavy  yoke 

Of  Satan  and  of  (in, 
Thy  hand  our  iron  bondage  broke, 
Our  grateful  hearts  to  win. 

3  The  guilt  of  twice  ten  thoufand  fins 

Thy  mercy  takes  away  ; 
Thy  promife,  when  the  war  begins, 
Secures  the  crowning  day. 

4  Comfort  through  all  this  vale  of  tears 

In  rich  profufion  flows  ; 
The  glory  of  unnumber'd  years 
Eternity  bellows. 

5  Drawn  by  fuch  cords,  we  onward  move. 

Till  round  thy  throne  we  meet ; 
And,  captives  in  the  chains  of  love, 
Fall  at  our  conq'ror's  feet. 

DoDDRlDOE, 

fp^mtl  CLXXI.     Long  Metre.    [*  or  >] 

Imp  \  Influences. 

MY  God,  whene'er  my  longing  heart 
Its  grateful  tribute  would  impart  5 
In  vain  my  tongue  with  feeble  aim 
Attempts  the  glories  of  thy  name. 

2  In  vain  my  boldeit  thoughts  arife  ; 
I  fink  to  earth,  and  lofe  the  fkies  j 
Yet  I  may  {till  thy  grace  implore, 
And  low  in  dull  thy  name  adore. 

3  O  let  thy  grace  my  heart  infpire, 
And  raiie  each  languid,  v. 

Tay  grace,  which  coudefcends  to  do 
The  (inner  proftrate  at  thy 


H     Y     M    N    S.  i35 

4  With  humble  fear  let  love  unite, 
And  mix  devotion  with  delight  ; 
Then  ihall  thy  name  be  all  my  joy, 
Thy  praife  my  con  (font,  bleft  emplo}'. 

5  Thy  name  infpires  the  harps  above, 
With  harmony  and  praife  and  love  ; 

That  grace  which  tunes  th'  immortal  firings, 
Looks  kindly  down  on  mortal  things. 

6  O  let  thy  grace  guide  every  fong, 

And  fill  my  heart,  and  tune  my  tongue  ; 
Then  fhall  the  ftrains  harmonious  flow, 
And  heavenly  joy  begin  below. 

Mrs.  Steele. 

Jl)imm  CLXXII.   Short  Metre,   it  or  b] 

God  our  C  ^:nefa'5}or* 

MY  Maker  and  my  King  ! 
To  thee  my  all  I  owe  ; 
Thy  ibv'reign  bounty  is  the  fpring 
From  whence  my  blcffings  flow. 

2  Thou  ever  good  and  kind  ! 
A  thouiand  reafons  move, 

A  thoufand  obligations  bind 
My  heart  to  grateful  love. 

3  The  creature  of  thy  hand, 
On  thee  alone  I  live  ; 

My  God,  thy  benefits  demand' 
More  praife  than  1  can  give. 

4  Lord,  what  can  I  impart 
When  all  is  thine  before  ? 

Thy  love  demands  a  thankful  heart  j 
-  gift,  alas,  how  poor  ! 


i26  H    T     M    N    S. 

5  Shall  I  withheld  thy  due  ? 
And  ill  ill  my  paffions  rove  ? 

Lord,  form  this  wretched  heart  anew, 
And  fill  it  with  thy  love. 

6  O  let  thy  grace  infpire 

My  foul  with  ftrength  divine  ; 
Let  all  my  powers  to  thee  afpife, 
And  all  my  days  be  thine 

Mrs.  Steele. 


fypmn  CLXXIII.  Common  Metre.  [««M 

Repcitarce  and  Hope, 

MY  Saviour,  when  my  thoughts  recal 
The  wonders  of  thy  grace, 
Low  at  thy  feet  afham'd  I  fall, 
And  hide    my  guilty  face. 

2  Shall  love  like  thine  he  thus  repaid  ? 

Ah,  vile  ungrateful  heart  ! 
By  earth's  unworthy  cares  betray'd, 
n  Jefus  to  depart  ! 

3  From  Jefus,  wV  :an  give 

[Vue  pl<  ice  and  reft  i 

When  abfent  from  my  Lord,  1  live 
LTnfatisfy\i,  unbic 

4  Bul  h.%  for  his  pwn  n  ake, 

My  Pandering  foul  reftofes; 
lie  bids  the  mourning  heart  partake 
The  pardon  s. 

5  O  i  )  thee,  my  Lord, 

The  penitent 
Confirm  the  kind,  the  ig  word} 

With  pity  in  thine  cy 


H     Y     M     N     S.  i37 

6  Then  -  mourner,  at  thy  feet, 

Rejoice  to  feek  thy  face, 
And  grateful  own  how  kind,  how  f 
Is  thy  forgiving  grace. 

Mrs.  SrtzLE. 


Jpgmn  CLXXIV.    Short  Metre.    [l> 

a  •  d  Pardon. 

MY  forrows,  like  a  flood 
Impatient  of  reftraint, 
jfom,  O  my  God, 
Pour  cut  a  long  complaint. 
2  K  have  I  flood 

A  rebel  to  the  flu 
Yet,  O  the  patience  of  my  God, 
ait  lies. 

ice, 
vicur,  fire  :e, 

This  rebel  heart  no  more  withftai 
But  yieli  reign  grace, 

4  I  fee  the  Prince  of  Life 
Difpliy  his  wounded  veins  \ 

open'd  wide, 
To  wafh  away  my  ftains. 

5  My  God  is  recbiiciPd, 
My  tears  his  pity  move  ; 

He  calls  me  his  adopted  child, 
love. 
t  me  not  receive 
In  -  heavenly  grace  \ 

But  let  it  be  a  fruitful  feed, 
Producing  hblinefs. 

:  s,  abbreviated  and  al. 


i-a  H    y    U   N   s. 

fpgmU  CLXXV.   Common  2/uire.  [*] 

fiian  R.ice. 

1%  /TY  foul,  awake,  ftretch  every  nerve, 
jLVX   And  ppefs  with  vigour  on  ; 

A  heavenly  race  demands  thy  zeal, 
,1  an  immortal  crown. 

2  A  cloud  of  witnefies  around, 

Hold  thee  in  full  funrey  ; 

Forget  the  fteps  already  trod, 
And  onward  urge  thy  way. 

3  Tis  God's  all  animating  voice. 

Which  calk  thee  from  on  high  ; 
'lis  his  own  hand  prcients  the  prize 
To  thine  eye. 

4  That  prize,  with  gloried  bright, 

Winch  fhall  new  luftre.boaft, 
When  victors'  wreaths,  and  moiiarchs  gem$ 
Shall  blend  in  common  duft. 

<  My  foul,  with  facred  ardour  fir'd, 
The  glorious  pri^e  purfue  ; 

meet,  with  joy,  the  high  command, 
To  bid  this  earth  adieu. 


JpJHTOI  CjUXXVI.    Short  Metre.     M 

Pr 

MY  Sovereign,  to  tlr 
With!-  i  pe,Ipriifes 

O  how  thine  car,  to  hear  the  gn 
Of  indigent  diftxefc. 


H    Y    M    N    S. 

"  eternal  Prieft  apr 

Before  thee  with  his  blood ; 
Through  him  I  offer  thefe  ray  tears, 

And  call  my  care  on  God. 

5    My  life,  bow'd  down  with  pain, 

Mourns  its  decaying  bloom  ; 
Lord,  clothe  thefe  bones  with  flcfli  StgaiOj 

And  fpare  me  from  the  ton 

4  Without  one  murmY. 
Thy  chaft'nmg  I  receive  ; 

But  with  fubr  0  Lore, 

A  merciful  reprie 

5  Di.  as  now, 
Thy  aid  I  once  impIorM ; 

Thy  pity  heard  mv  camefr  vow, 
Thy  power  my  health  reicord. 

6  My  fupplicating  voice, 
LTnv:eari^d,  I  will  raife  : 

Say  to  thy  fen  ant's  foul.  "Rejoice  !* 
And  fill  my  mouth  with  p: 

Scott. 


fppmn  CLAXVII.    Common  Metre. 

Ufa    i 

MYSTERIOUS  rite!  By  Heaven  crdain'd 
This  facred  truth  to  prove, 
The  Wife  which  mortals  here  enjoy, 
Muft  flow  from  virtuous  love. 
2  Though  made  by  God's  almighty  handj 
And  in  his  image  form'd, 
Ye:  Adam  knew  no  happlnefs, 
Till  love  his  bofom  warm'd. 


II     Y     M     N     S. 

^  Eden,  with  all  its  beauteous  grovc3, 
And  fruits  of  rich<'Pc  tafte, 
To  one  for  fecial  blifs  defign'd 
i    but  a  lonely  waits. 
4  But  when  his  lovely  bride  appear'd 
In  native  graces  dreft, 
The  latent  fpark  burft  into  flame, 
And  love  infpir'd  his  breall. 
;  What  wife  provifion  haft  thou  made, 
Great  Parent  of  mankind, 
'That  ail  thine  offspring  may  enjoy 
The  blifs  for  them  defign'd  ! 
6  Then  will  we  join  our  hearts  and  hands 
In  bonds  of  virtuous  1< 
And  whilft  we  live  in  peace  below, 
Prepare  for  blifs  above. 

^gmtt  CLXXV1IL   Common  Metre.  [fc| 

i    in    Ft-cvidtncc. 

NAKED  as  ftcxm  the  earth  we  came^ 
And  rofe  to  life  at  firft, 
We  to  the  earth  return  again. 
And  nji  th  our  duft. 

2  The  dear  delights  we  her- 

And  call  our  own,  in  vain, 
Are  but  fhort  favours  borrowed  now, 
To  be  repaid  again. 

3  'Tis  God  who  lifts  our  comforts  higbd 

Or  nnks  them   to  the  grave  ; 
He  gives,  and,  bielfed  be  his  name, 
He  takes  but  what  he 
a  Peace,  all   our  angry  pai  tcfa  ! 

Lzi  each  irnj  gh 


H    Y     M    N    S.  14* 

Be  filent  at  his  fov'reign  will, 
And  every  murmur  die. 

5  If  fmiling  mercy  crown  our  lives, 
Its  praifes  (hall  be  fpread  ; 
And  we'll  adore  the  juftice  too 
That  flrikes  our  comforts  dead. 

Watts. 


ipjnrmCLXXIX.   Common  Metre.     03 

Vain   Prtfperiiy,  or  Forgetfulnefs  cf  God. 

NO,  I  fhall  envy  them  no  more, 
Who  grow  profanely  great  ; 
Though  they  increafe  their  golden  (tore, 
And  ihine  in  robes  of  date. 
I  They  tafte  of  all  the  joys  that  grow 
Upon  this  earthly  clod  ; 
In  vain  they  fearch  the  creature  through 
Whilft  they  forget  their  Gcd. 
5  Shake  off  the  thoughts  of  dying  too, 
And  think  your  life  your  own  ; 
But  death  comes  hauVning  on  to  you, 
To  cut  your  glory  down. 
\  Yes,  you  mud  bow  your  (lately  head. 
Away  your  fpirit  flies  ; 
And  no  kind  angel  near  tour  bed, 
To  bear  it  to  the  fkies. 
j  Go  now3  and  boafl  of  all  your  (lores, 
And  tcil  how  bright  you  fhine  5 
Your  heaps  of  glitt'ring  duft  are  yours, 
And  my  Redeemer's  mine. 

V~ATT?» 


1 4i  H     Y     M     N    S. 

jj)gmilCLXXX.     Common  Metre.     t*] 

The   Holincfs   and  -Happirefs   of  Heaven. 

NOR  eye  hath  fcen,  nor  ear  hath  heard, 
Nor  fenfe,  nor  reafon  known, 
What  joys  the  Father  hath  prepaid 
For  thofe  that  love  the  Son. 

2  But  the  good  Spirit  of  the  Lord 

Reveals  a  heaven  to  come  ; 

The  beams  of  glory  in  his  word 

Allure  and  guide  us  home. 

3  Pure  are  the  joys  above  the  iky, 

And  all  the  region  peace  ; 
No  wanton  lip,  nor  envious  eye 
Can  fee  cr  taite  the  blifs. 

4  Not  the  malicious  or  profane, 

The  covetous  or  proud, 
Nor  thieves  nor  flanderers  fhall  obtain 
The  kingdom  of  our  God. 

5  Thofe  holy  gates  forever  bar 

ution,  fin  me  ; 

•  fhall  receive  admittance  there, 
followers  of  the  L 

6  If  we  are  wafh'd  in  Jeftts'  blood, 

And  pardon'd  through  his  name  ; 
If  tl  bur  God 

Has  iaiictifyYi  our  frame  : 
a  per  fey 
keep  thy  is  j 

V>      would  defile  cur  hearts  no  mc, 
No  mc.  ds. 


H     Y     M     N     S.  143 

3J)tftlUl  CLXXXI.    long  Metre. 

NOT  all  the  nobles  of  the  earth, 
Who  boaft  the  honours  of  their  birth, 
Such  real  dignity  can  claim, 
As  thofe  who  bear  the  Chriftian  name. 

2  To  them  the  privi  ven, 

To  be  the  fons  and  heirs  of  heaven  •, 
Sons  of  the  God,  who  reigns  on  high, 
And  heirs  of  joys  beyond  the  0 

3  On  them  a  happy,  ohofen  race, 
Their  Father  pours  his  richelt  grace  ; 
To  them  his  couniels  he  imparts, 
And  writes  his  law  within  their  hearts, 

4  When  through  temptation  they  rebel, 
His  chaft'ning  rod  he  makes  them  f 
Then,  with  a  Father's  tender  heart, 
He  foothes  the  pain  and  heals  the  fmart- 

5  Their  daily  wants  his  ha  ly, 
Their  ft  fe  \ 
Leads  them  from  earth  to  h 

And  crowns  them  with  eternal  lo- 

6  Have  I  the  honour,  Lord,  to 
One  of  this  numerous  fami 
On  me  thy  graci 

To  call  er  too. 

7  So  may  my  co  \_r  prove 
My 

: 


J44 


HYMN    S. 


!pj)tnn  CLXXXII.  Long  Metre.  [$ot® 

Divine  Corr.pajpon   to  Sinners* 

NOT  to  condemn  the  fons  of  men, 
Did  Chrift  the  Son  of  God  appear  j 
No  weapons  in  his  hands  are  feen, 
No  flaming  fv/ord,  nor  thunder  there, 

l  Such  was  die  pity  of  our  God, 
He  lov'd  the  race  of  man  fo  well, 
He  fent  his  Son  to  bear  our  load 
Of  fins,  and  fave  our  fouls  from  hell. 

j  Let  finners  hear  the  Saviour's  word, 
Truft  in  his  mighty  name,  and  live  ; 
A  thoufand  joys  his  lips  afford, 
His  hands  a  thoufand  bleflings  give. 

4  u  Come,  all  ye  weary,  fainting  fouls, 
Ye  heavy  laden  finners,  come  ; 

Til  give  you  reft  from  all  your  toils, 
And  lead  you  to  my  heavenly  home, 

5  "  Ye  {hall  find  reft,  that  learn  of  me  ; 
I'm  of  a  meek  and  lowly  mind  -9 

But  paflion  rages  like  the  fea, 
And  pride  is  reftlefs  as  the  wind. 

6  u  Blefs'd  is  the  man  whofe  fhoulders  take 
My  yoke,  and  bear  it  with  delight  ; 

My  yoke  is  eafy  to  his  neck, 
My  grace  (hall  make  the  burden  light." 
^  Jefus,  we  come  at  thy  command, 
With  faith  and  hope  and  humble  zeal, 
Refign  our  fpirits  to  thy  hand, 
To  rule  and  guide  us  at  thy  will. 

Watt* 


H    Y    M    N    S.  l45 

fyvmn  CLXXXIII.  Common  Metre.  W 

Sinai  and  Shn. 

NOT  to  the  terrors  of  the  Lcr d, 
The  temped,  fire  and  fmoke  :, 
Not  to  the  thunder  of  that  word 
Which  God  on  Sinai  fpoke  ; 

2  But  we  are  come  to  Sion's  hill, 

The  city  cf  cur  Gcd  ; 
Where  milder  words  declare  his  will., 
And  fpread  his  love  abroad. 

3  Behold  ih'  innumerable  hofl 

Of  angels  cloth'd  in  light ! 
Behold  the  fpirits  of  thejuft, 
Whofe  faith  is  tum'd  to  fight ! 

4  Behold  the  hleft  affembly  there, 

Whofe  names  are  writ  in  heaven  f 
And  God.  tire  Judge  of  all,  declares 
Their  vileit  (ins  forgiven. 

5  The  faints  on  earth,  and  all  the  dead 

But  one  communion  make  ; 
All  join  in  Chrift  their  living  Heada 
And  of  his  grace  partake. 

6  In  fuch  fociety  as  this 

My  weary  foul  would  reft  ; 
The  man  tint  dwells  where  Jefus  1% 
Mud  be  forever  biefL 

Watts* 

fp^mn  CLXXXIV.  Common  Metre.  EM 

On  tie  Death  of  a  Minijlcr. 

"XTOW  lef  our  drooping  hearts  revive^ 
JLN     And  ail  our  tears  be  dry  •, 
N 


»4<2  HYMN    S. 

Why  fliould  fhofe  eyes  be  drown'd  in  grief, 
Which  view  a  Saviour  nigh  ? 

2  What  though  the  gloomy  tyrant  death 

Doth  God's  own  houfe  invade  ? 
What  though  the  prophet  and  the  prieft 
Be  number'd  with  the  dead  ? 

3  Though  earthly  (hepherds  dwell  in  duft, 

The  aged  and  the  young  ; 
The  watchful,  eye  in  darknefs  clos'd, 
And  mute  th'  inftruttive  tongue  : 

4  Th'  eternal  Shepherd  fall  furvives, 

New  comfort  to  impart  ; 
His  hand  ftill  guides  us,  and  his  voice 

Still  animates  our  heart. 
J  "  Lo,  I  am  with  you,"  faith  the  Lord, 

"  My  church  mall  fafe  abide  ; 
For  I  will  ne'er  forfake  my  own, 

Whofe  fouls  in  me  confide." 
6  Through  every  fcene  of  life  and  death 

This  promife  is  our  truft  \ 
And  this  (hall  be  our  children's  fong 

When  we  are  laid  in  dull. 

DODDP  IPC?. 

fepmn  CLXXXV.    Common  Metre.    [*1 

'TLc  InteraJJion  of  Chrijl. 

NOW  let  our  humble  faith  behold 
Our  great  High  Prieft  above, 
And  celebrate  his  conftant  care 
And  fympathetic  love. 

2  Exalted  to  his  Father's  throne* 

With  matchleis  honours  crown'd  :« 
And  Lord  of  all  th'  angdic  hoft, 
Who  Wait  the  thi  >tin<L 


HYMN     S.  147 

The  names  of  all  the  faints  he  bears, 

Engraven  on  his  heart ; 
Nor  mall  the  meaneft  faint  complain 

That  he  hath  loit  his  part. 

Thofe  characters  mall  firm  remain 

Our  everlafting  truft, 
When  f^rms  and  monuments  and  crowns 

Are  mouider'd  into  duft. 

Doddridge. 


Jpgmtl  CLXXXVI.  Common  Metre.  [«3 

Go<fs  Love  to  his  Church. 

NOW  (hall  my  inward  joys  arife 
And  bur  ft  into  a  fong  : 
Almighty  love  infpires  my  heart, 
And  pleaiures  tune  my  tongue. 

2  God,  on  his  thirfty  Sion  hill, 

Some  mercy-drops  has  thrown, 
And  folemn  oaths  have  bound  his  love 
To  fhower  falvation  down. 

3  Why  do  we  then  ir  tr  fears, 

Sufpicions  and  complaints  ? 

Is  he  a  God  ?  and  fhall  his  grace 

Grow  weary  of  his  faints  ? 

4  Can  a  kind  mother  e'er  forget 

The  object  of  her  care  ? 
Among  a  thoufand  tender  thoughts. 
Her  fuckling  have  no  fhare  ? 

5  "  Yet  (faith  the  Lord)  mould  nature  change 

And  mothers  monfters  prove, 
Sion  (till  dwells  upon  the  heart 
Of  everlafting  love. 


i43-  H     Y     M    N     S. 

6  "Deep  on  the  palms  of  both  my  hands 
1  have  erigrav'd  her  name ; 
My  hands  {lull  raife  her  ruin'd  wails, 
And  build  her  broken  frame." 

Watts. 


U)J)mn  CLXXXVII.    Long  Metre,   [*] 

Tbe  Gkrj  and  Grace  of  Cbrif. 

NOW  to  the  Lord  a  noble  fong  ! 
Awake,  my  foul  ;  awake,  my  tongue ; 
Hofanna  to  tlV  eternal  Name, 
And  all  his  boundlefs  love  proclaim. 

2  See  where  it  fhines  in  Jems'  face, 
The  brighfeit  image  of  his  grace  ; 
God,  in  the  perfon  of  his  Son, 
Has  all  his  nobleft  works  outdone. 

3  The  foacious  e?rth  and  fpreading  flood, 
Proclaim  the  wife,  the  powerful  God  •, 
And  thy  rich  glories  from  afar, 
Sparkle  in  every  roiling  ftar. 

4  But  in  thy  Son  a  glory  Q111 
Drawn  out  in  far  fu  peri  or  lines  ; 
The  lultre  of  redeeming  grace 
Outfhincs  the  beams  of  nature's  face. 

5  Grace  !  'Tis  a  pure  celcftial  theme, 
Our  thoughts  rejoice  at  Jcfus'  na:r 
Ye  angels,  dwell  upon  the  found  ; 
Ye  heavens,  refiedl  it  to  the  ground. 

6  O  may  we  reach  that  glorious  place. 
Where  we  fhall  fee  him  face  to  face; 
Where  all  his  faints  from  death  reitor'd, 
Shall  be  forever  with  the  Lord. 

Y\\\  its,  varied. 


H     Y     M     N    S.  149 

ip^mn  CLXXXVIII.  Long  Metre. 

G/ory  to  Chrift  our  Prirjl  and  King. 

NOW  to  the  Lord  who  makes  115  know 
The  wonders  of  his  dying  love  j 
Be  humble  honours  paid  below, 
And  (trains  of  nobler  praife  above. 

2  'Twas  he  who  cleans'd  us  from  cur  fins, 
And  wafh'd  us  in  his  precious  blood  j 
'Tis  he  who  makes  us  priefts  and  kings, 
And  brings  us  rebels  near  to  God. 

3  To  Jefus,  cur  atoning  Prieft, 
To  Jefus,  our  eternal  King, 
Be  univerfal  power  confe&'d, 
And  every  tongue  his  glory  fing. 

4  Behold,  on  flying  clouds  he  comes  ! 
And  every  eye  mall  fee  him  move  ! 
Though  with  our  fins  we  piere'd  him  once, 
Then  he  difplays  his  pard'ning  love. 

5  The  unbelieving  world  fhall  v \ 
Whilft  we  rejoice  to  fee  the  day  ; 
Come,  Lord,  nor  let  thy  promiie  fail, 
Nor  let  thy  chariot  long  delay. 

"TS. 

fpgmn  CLXXX1X.    Long  Metre. 

Solvation  by  Grace. 

NOW  to  the  power  of  God  fupremc 
Be  everlattmg  honours  given; 
He  laves  from  fin,  we  blefs  his  name, 
And  cans  our  wand'ring  feet  to  heaven, 
%  Not  for  our  duties  or  drferts, 
Put  of  his  own  abundant  grace. 


K     Y     M    N    S. 

He  works  faivation  in  our  hearts. 
And  forms  a  people  for  his  prai 

3  Twas  his  own  purpofe  that  b^gun 
To  refcue  Tinners  do^  lie  ; 
He  gave  its  grace  in  CI  Son, 
Before  he  fpread  the  Harry  flcy. 

4  Jcias,  the  Lord,  appears  at  laft, 

And  makes  his  Father's  counfels  known 
Declares  the  great  tranfa&ions  pail, 
And  brings  immortal  blefiings  down. 

5  He  dies,  and  in  that  dreadful  night 
Did  all  the  powers  cf  hell  deftroy  ; 
Rifing,  he  brought  our  heaven  to  light, 
And  took  pofleilion  of  the  joy. 


Watt?. 


fpgmn    CXC.       Common    Metre.       [«| 

Divine  Cood fiefs  i:i  Ajjl'ift'ions. 

NOW  to  thy  heav'nly  Father's  praife, 
My  heart  thy  tribute  bring ; 
That  goodnefs  which  prolongs  my  days., 
With  grateful  pleafure  fing. 

2  Whene'er  he  fenc's  afflicting  pains, 

His  mercy  holds  the  rod  \ 
His  powerful  word  the  heart  fuftains, 
And  fpeaks  a  faithful  God. 

3  A  faithful  God  is  ever  nigh, 

When  humbie  grief  implores  ; 
His  ear  attends  each  plaintive  figh, 
He  pities  and  reftores. 

4  My  grateful  foul  would  humbly  brin* 

Her  tribute  to  thy  throne  ; 


H     Y     M     N    S.  ijl 

Accept  the  wiflv,  my  God,  my  King, 
To  !  1 1  a k e  tliy  g  o  o  d  n  e  f s  k  1 1  o  - 
c;  Ob"  the  life  thy  hand  reftores, 
Devoted  to  thy  pv 
To  thee  1  ooniecrate  my  powers, 
To  thee,  my 

6  Thy  f'/.-  impart, 

A  warmer  lov£  infpire  ; 
And  be  the  breath  ;  heart 

Dependence  and  delire. 

Mrs.  Steele. 

&l)mn  cxci.    C0/RmM  jtf«r*.  [*orb] 

Winter. 

NOW  winter  throws  his  icy  chains, 
Encircling  nature  round  : 
How  bleak,  how  comfortlefs  the  plains, 
With  verdure  lately  crown'd  ! 

2  The  fun  withdraws  his  vital  beams, 

And  light  and  warmth  depart  ; 
And  drooping,  lifelefs  nature  feems 
An  emblem  of  my  heart. 

3  My  heavr,  where  mental  winter  reign% 

k  mantle  clad, 
Co  cold  inactive  chains, 

How 

4  Ere  long  the  fun  with  genial  ray 

Shall  c"  j  earth  ; 

And  blooming  flowers,  and  verdure  g* 
Renew  their  annual  birth. 

5  So,  ifmyfouF^  r::;;H  Sun  impart 

Hk  all-enliv'ning  ftnilej 


ij2  H     Y     M     N     S. 

The  vital  ray  (hall  cheer  my  heart, 
Till  then  a  frozen  foil. 

6  Then  faith  and  hope  and  love  fhall  rife, 

Renew'd  to  lively  bloom, 
And  breathe  accepted  to  the  flues, 
Their  humble,  Iweet  perfume. 

7  Great.  S<  >urce  of  light,  thy  beams  difptay, 

My  drooping  joys  reft  ore, 
And  guide  me  to  the  feats  of  day, 
Where  winter  frowns  no  mere. 

Mrs.   Steele. 


H)gnin  CXCII.     Common  Metre.      [*] 

Cbctiy. 

O  CHARITY  !  thou  heavenly  grace  ! 
AH  tender,  foft  and  kind  ! 
A  friend  to  all  the  human  race, 
To  all  that's  good  inclined  ! 

2  The  man  of  charity  extends 

To  all,  his  liberal  hand  ; 
His  kindred,  neighbours,  foes  and  friends, 
His  pity  may  command. 

3  He  aids  the  poor  in  their  diftrefs  ; 

He  hears  when  they  complain   ; 
With  tender  heart  delights  to  bids, 
And  leilen  all  their  pain. 

4  The  ftck,  the  pris'ner,  poor  and  blind, 

A  n  d  all  the  i  c  n  s  of  gr i  e  f , 
In  him  a  benefactor  find, 
He  loves  u>  give  relief, 
c  'Tis  love  that  makes  religion  fweet  j 
makes  us  rife^ 


H    Y    M    N     S.  137 

Wit]  1  and  ardent  feet, 

To  v  1  py  fkies. 

6  Then  let  us  a]  1  abound, 

And  charity  purfue  \ 
Thus  Qi^U  we  be  with  glory  crown 'd, 

And  love  as  angels  do. 

pRCVa. 


fpwmit  CXCIH.    Long  Metre.    [**b] 

Thonging  for    Heaven. 

O   COULD  I  foar  to  worlds  above, 
That  bktTed  Rate  of  peace  and  love  ! 
How  gladly  would  I  mount  arid 
On  angels'  wings  to  joys   en  high  ! 

2  But  ah  !  dill  longer  mud  I  ft  iy, 

Ere  darklome  night  is  chang'd  to  day  ; 
More  crofles,  forfows,  confli&s  bear, 
Expos'd  to  trials,  pains  and  care. 

3  Weil,  let  thefe  tjroub  abouii  h 
Let  thorns  and  briar-  md  ; 
Let  dorms  and  temp  :                  il  come, 
Till  I  arrive  at  heave                   ie. 

4  My  Father  knows  what  *ft, 
And  how  to  lead  to  peace  and  red  ; 
To  him  I  cheerful 

Go  where  he  leads,  and  wait  Ids  calf. 

5  When  he  commands   my  y, 
Not  kin  ay  j 
With  rv                                p  and  rile 
Tojoki  my  friend-  above  tae  ikies. 

IB- 


T?4  HYMN     S. 

Jpgmn  CX CIV.     Covifnon  Metre. 

The  univerftzl  Extent  of ' Chrifl 's  Kingdom.      Ifaiah  ii.  2 — 4. 

O'ER  rtiountain  tops,  the  mount  of  God, 
In  latter  days,  mall  rife 
Above  the  fommits  of  the  hills, 
And  draw  the  wond'ring  eyes, 
a  To  this  the  joyful  nations  round, 

All  trihes  and  tongues  fhall  flow  ; 
Up  to  the  mount  of  God,  they  fay, 
And  to  his  houfe  we'll  go. 

3  The  beams  that  fhine  from  Zion's  hill 

Shall  lighten  every  land  ; 
The  King  who  reigns  in  Salem's  tow'rs, 
Shall  the  whek  world  command. 

4  Among  the  nations  he  fhall  judge; 

His  judgments  truth  fhall  guide  *, 
His  fceptre  (hall  protect  the  juft, 
And  crufh  the  firmer  s  pride. 

5  No  war  fliall  rage,  nor  hoftile  ftrife 

Difturb  thofe  happy  years  ; 
To  plough-fnares  men  fliall  beat  their  fworus, 
To  pruning-hooks  their  fpears. 

6  No  longer  hofts,  encountering  hods, 

Shall  crouds  of  flain  deplore  ; 
They'll  lay  the  martial  trumpet  by, 
And  ftudy  war  no  more. 

Scotch  Paraphrafes. 
* 

!l)gmn  CXCV.    Common  Metre.    E«OTfc| 

Obedie-iCe  to  God  our  Fithcr. 

OGOD,  my  r«  ther,  I  adore 
That  all-commanding  name  \ 


H     Y     M     N     3.  tfj 

.  ill  my  foul  to  life  reftorv", 

And  kindle  all  my  flame. 
Entire,  I  bow  at  thy  commands, 

My  filial  homage  pay  *, 
With  heart  and  life,  with  tongue  and  hands^ 

I'll  cheerfully  obey. 
I'll  wilfully  no  more  tranfgrc-fs, 

As  I  too  oft  have  clone  •, 
But  ev'ry  finful  thought  fupprefs, 

Each  finful  aft  ion  fhun. 

Each  day  I  liv-e,  Pll  feek  with  caie: 

My  Father  well  to  pleafe, 
And  in  this  cpurfe  will  perfevere 

By  thine  affiiling  grace. 
Thus  will  I  my  relation  claim. 

And  call  myfelf  thy  fon, 
And  whilft  I  bear  the  glorious  narr4c? 

My  Father's  rights  wiU  own. 
I  will  ;  but  thou  muft  itrength  impart 

This  promife  to  falfil  \ 
Lord,  write  thy  law  upon  my  heart, 

That  I  may  do  thy  will. 

IpgmnCXCVL    Long  Metre.     [*orp] 

Brother  l-y    JLl  v?. 

OGOD,  our  Father  and  our  Eking, 
Of  all  we  have,  or  hope,  the  ipring  -y 
Send  down  thy  Spirit  from  above, 
And  fill  our  hearts  with  holy  love. 

May  we  from  every  aft  abftain, 
That  hurts,  or  gives  our  neighbour  pain^ 
And  every  fecr^t  wifh  fupprefs, 
:  •would  v 


156  H     $     M    N    S. 

3  Still  may  we  find  our  hearts  inclin 
To  a£t  the  friend  to.  all  mankind  ; 
Still  feek  thei  .:h  and  eafe, 
Their  virtue  and  eternal  pe 

4  With  pity  may  our  bread  o'erllow, 
When  w(  behold  a  wretch  in  woe; 
And  bear  a  fympathifing  part 
With   all  who  are  of  heavy  heart. 

5  Let  love  in  all  our  conduct  flune, 

An  image  fair,  though  faint,  of  thine  ; 
Thus  may  wc  his  dilciples  prove 
Who  came  to  manifeft  thy  love. 

Salifburjr  Collcclioix 

$)j)mn  CXCVII.    Common  Metre.   [«: 

T£    DRUM. 
A  genewal  Hymn  of  Praifd. 

GOD,  we  praife  thee,  and  confefs 
That  thou  the  only  Lord 
A  nd  everlafting  Father  art, 
By  ail  the  earth  ador'd. 
2  To  thee  all  angels  cry  aloud, 
To  thee  the  powers  on  high, 
Be tli  Cherubim  and  Seraphim, 
Continually  clo  cry. 
3.  O  holy,  holy* holy  Lord, 

Whom  heavenly  hods  obey, 
The  world  is  with  the  glory  fili'd 
Of  thy   majeltic  (way. 
4  Th*  apoll^s'  glorious  company, 
And  prophets  crown'd  with 
With  all  tlie  martyrs'  noble  hoit, 
Thy  conilant  praife  recite. 


H    Y    M    N     S.  in 

-  The  holy  Chur..'  world, 

O  Lord, 

That  thou  eternal  Father  art, 
Of  boundlefs  majelty. 

6  Thy  honourd,  true,  m  Son, 

And  Holy  Ghoft,  the  fpring 
Of  never  ce 

Of  glory  the  Qg- 

Ipgmn  CXCVIIL     Long  Metre. 

The  C. 

O   HAPPY  C:  de, 

Thy  Imft 

With  match: 
In  robes  of  he 

2  Silver  and  gold  her  happy  drefs, 
Truth,  meeknefs,  love  and  righteoufhefs  -, 

Holy  without,  and  pure  within, 
Free  from  the  guilt  of  I 

3  Her  laws  and  doctrines  juft  and  ric 
Herpriefts  the  minifters  oi 

Her  order  from  the  courts  above, 
And  all  her  fervice  done  in  love. 

4  Her  difciplihc  is  e  word, 
Her  head  and  ruler  is  the  Loi 
Her  fons  and  da  :e, 
And  live  in  peace: 

5  Her  journey  is  tl 

Which  lends  to  y  ; 

And  her  etei  ird 

A  crown  of  glory  with  the  Levi. 

O 


l|8  II     Y     M     N     S. 

$>pmt1  CXCIX.    Common  Metre*     [«] 

OHAP  an  who  h( 

Inftru  iful  voice  ; 

And  who,  celeftial  wifdom  makes 
His  early,  only  choice. 

2  Her  treafuresare  of  more  efleem 

Than  eait  or  well  unfold  ; 
And  her  rewards  more  precious  are 
Than  all  their  mines  of  «*old. 

o 

3  In  her  ri  holds  to  view 

A  U  happy  days  ; 

Rich  irsjoin'd, 

:  full  difpi 

4  She  guides  the  young  with  innocence 

In  pleasure's  ;  read  ; 

A  cro  vn  of  giory  fhe  beftows 
Upoi   the  hoary  head. 

5  Accord  rife, 

:;er  rewards  increase  ; 
H<  r  e  ways  of  pleafantnefs, 

And  ail  her  paths  arc  peace. 

Scotch  Parapln-afe. 

fpPHin  CC.     C  Metre. 

OLORD,  my  Left  defires  fulfil, 
And  help  me  to  re 

will, 

And  make  i; 

(hould  I  ftirink  at  thy  command, 
whofe  love  forbids  my  fears? 


H     Y     M     N    S.  it) 


Or  tremble  at  the  gracious  hand 
That  wipes  away  my  tears  ! 

No,  let  me  rather  freely  yield 
What  molt  1  prize  to  t: 

j  never  h  ft  a  gift  with 
Nor  wilt  withhold,  from  me. 


COWPER. 


4  I  would  fubmit  to  nil  thy  will, 

Fbi  thou  art  good  and  wife  j 
Let  every  anxious  thought  be  ftill, 
Nor  one  faint  murmur  rife. 

5  Thy  love  can  cheer  the  darkefl  ;  loom, 

b  1  me  wait,  ferene. 
Till  hopes  and  joys  immo  m, 

And  brighten,  all  the  fcen 

6  My  Father  !  O  permit  my 

To  plead  her  humble  cl 
And  aik  the  blifs  thofe  w      ^        >att, 
In  my  Redeemer's  nan 

Mrs.  Steh 


E)gmn  CCI.     Gpmmon  Metre.      [*] 

A  Morning  or  Evening  Hymn* 

ON  thee  each  n  .  O  my  God, 

My  waking  thoughts  attend  •, 
In  whom  are  founded  all  my  hop.-, 
In  whom  my  wifhes  end. 

2  My  foul,  in  pleafing  wonder  loft, 

Thyboundlefs  love  furveys; 
And,  fir'd  with  grateful  zeal,  prepares 
Her  facrifice  of  praife. 

3  When  evening  (lumbers  prefs  my  eyes, 

With  thy  protection  bleft, 


i5o  H     Y    M    N    S. 

In  peace  and  fafery  I  commit 
[y  weary  li 

4  My  fpirit  in  thy  hands  fecure, 

rs  no  apf  r 

For,  whether  waking  or  aileep, 
-  Thou,  Lord,  art  with  me  ftiil. 

5  Then  will  I  daily  to  tl 

Thy  wond'rous  acts  proclaim  ; 
Whilft  all  with  me  mall  praifes  Ting, 
And  blefs  thy  facred  name. 

6  At  morn,  at  noon,  at  night  I'll  ft  ill 

The  growing  work  purfue  ; 
And  thee  alone  wilt  praife,  to  whom 
Eternal  praife  is  due, 

Liverpool  Collection. 

Ipgmn  CCII.      Common  Metre.     [?] 

d  i.f  E-jiL 

O   RESIGNATION  !  heav'nly  power  I 
Our  warmed  thoughts  engage  j 
Thou  art  the  fafeft  guide  of  youth, 
.The  fole  fupport  of  age. 

2  Teach  us  the  hand  of  love  divine 

In  evils  to  difcern  •, 
?Tis  the  firlt  leflbn  which  we  need, 
The  lateft  which  we  learn. 

3  I-  ion's  leflbn  hard  ? 

On  trial  we  (hall  find. 
It  i  lothing  moss 

Thar 

4  Refign,  and  in  of  life 

:  we  remove  ^ 


H     Y     M     N    S.  161 

The  heavy  load  of  grief  and  care 

Devolves  <     one  above. 
He  bids  us  lay  our  burthen  down 

On  h  .nd  ; 

Supports  our  i  ne,  and  makes 

Our  weary  feet  to  (land. 
What  though  we're  fwallow'd  in  the  deep, 
mnd  us  roar  ? 
u  wilt  fafely  I     :j>, 

.v         uid       !  to  the  fli 
Thy  will  is  welcome,  le 

Its  r 
Though  tempefts  cife,  .  that  thou 

Canft  fave  us  by  tl 

Young j  altered. 


fjpmn  CCIII.      Commn  Metre,      [b] 

D  fire    y  Com  minion  with  G 

OAT  I  knew  the  fecret  place 
Where  I  might  find  my  God  I 
I'd  fpread  my  want's  before  his  face, 

And  pour  my  ^  road. 

I'd  tell  him  how  my  fins  arife  ; 

What  forrows  I  fuftain  ; 
Kow  fbrength  decays,  and  comfort  dies, 

And  leaves  my  heart  in  pain. 

II:  knows  what  arguments  I'd  take 

To  wreftle  with  my  God  ; 
I'd  plead  for  his  own  mercy's  fake, 

And  plead  my  Saviour's  blood. 
U  z 


HYMN    S, 

4  My  God  will  pity  my  complaints, 

And  heal  my  1  lies  5 

He  knows  the  meaning  of  his  faints, 
The  language  of  their  groans. 

5  Avife,  my  foul,  from  deep  diftrefs, 

And  bin  villi  every  F< 
He  calls  me  to  his  rhrcme  of  grace, 
To  fpread  my  furrows  there. 

Y\rATTj. 


Jp^nW  CCIV.     Long  Metre.         M 

On  the  Dc7fifrvrors  Sich'efs  of  a  J^liv.'fcr. 

OTHOU,  before  whofe  gracious  throne 
We  bow  our  fuppliant  fpirits  down  ; 
Thou  KnowJ£l  the  anxious  caves  we  feel, 
And  all  our  trembling  lips  would  tell. 

2  Thou  only  can'it  afluage  our  grief, 
And  give  our  forrowing  hearts  relief; 
In  mercy  then  thy  fervaut  fpare, 
Nor  turn  aiide  thy  people's  prayer. 

3  Avert  thy  <      c  ;  ftroke, 

herd  of  the  {lock; 
Reftore  him,  finking  to  the  grave, 
Stretch  cut  thine  arm,  make  hafte  to  fave, 

4  Bound  to  each  foul  by  tender  ties, 
In  every  heart  hi  Ees  ; 
Thy  pitying  aid,  O  God  imprrt, 

Nor  rend  him  from  each  bleeding  heart, 

5  But,  if  our  fupiplica lions  faijjj 

And  prayer;;  and  tears  cannot  prevail, 
Be  thou  his  ihength,  be  thou  his  ftay  • 
'«     Support  him  through  the  gloomy  way. 


HYMN    S.  163 

6  Around  him  may  thy  angels  (land, 
Waiting  the  fignal  of  thy  hand  ; 
To  bid  his  happv  ipirit  rife, 
And  bear  him  to  their  native  fkies. 

Rippon's  C 


fyVVAW  CCV.     Common  Metre.     [#.<*&] 

T/:c  Chrijiians  Rcfolution^founJ.d  on  jacob  i  Vcic. 

Gea.  xiviii 

OTHOU,  bv  whole  ail-bennteous  hand 
Thy  people  (till  are  fed  ; 
Who  through  life's  weary  pilgrimage 
Haft  all  our  fathers  led. 

2  To  thee  our  humble  vow  we  raife  ; 

To  thee  addrefs  our  prayer  ; 
And  in  thy  kind  and  faithful  hard., 
Depofit  all  our  care. 

3  If  thou,  through  each  perplexing  path, 

Wilt  be  our  conftant  guide  ; 
If  thou  wilt  daily  food  fup: 
And  raiment  wilt  provide  ^ 

4  If  thou  wilt  fpxead  thy  fhield  around, 

Till  all  our  wanderings  ceafe  •, 
And  at  our  Father's  fafe  abode 
Our  fouls  arrive  in  peace  ; 

5  To  thee,  as  to  our  cov'nant  God, 

Ourfelves  we  will  refign  ; 
And  count  that  all  on  earth  we  have, 
And  e'en  cur  life  is  thine, 

DODDP.IDGE. 


j^-f  ii   y  m  x    s. 

rprnnn  ccvi.    c         Metrt. 

OTHOU.  •  mercy  hears 

Contriti< 

Fr< 

2  See  !  low  before-  thy  throne  of  grace, 

A  wretched  v.  mourn  •, 

Hail  thou  not  bid  me  I  Face  ? 

Haft  thou  net  faid  rn  ? 

3  And  fhall  my  guilty  fears  prevail, 

To  drive  me  from  thy  ! 
O  let  not  this  dear  refuge  fail, 
This  only  fafc  reireat. 

4  Abfent  from  thee,  my  guide,  my  light, 

Without  one  cheering  ray, 
Through  dangers,  fears  and  gloomy  night, 
How  defolate  my  way  ! 

5  O  (nine  on  this  benighted  heart, 

With  beams  of  mercy  fhine  ; 
And  let  thy  healing  voice  impart 
A  tafte  of  joys  divine. 

6  Thy  prefence  only  can  beftow 

Delights  which  never  cloy  ; 
Be  this  my  comfort  here  below, 
And  my  eternal  joy. 

Mrs.  Steele. 

rp£Um  CCVII.      Long  Metre.       [*  or  fl 

The  Importance  of  Time. 

OTIME,  how  few  thy  value  weigh  \ 
How  few  will  cflimate  a  day  ! 


H    Y     M     N     S. 

Diys,  months  and  on, ' 

foul  neglected  an  I 

2  In  | 

Our  lire  it:  pr 

Whilft  dc  ag  at  our 

Eager  to  (top  the  living  ti 

3  Was  it  for  this,  ye  mortal  race, 
You  ice  ? 

i  if  for  this,  hk 
The  fran:  iff  immortal  mind  ? 

4  For  no:  fublime^ 
He  fafhion'd  all  the  ions  of  ;i:r.e  j 
Pilgrims  on  earth,  but  ioon  to  be 
The  heirs  of  imm 

5  This  feafon  of  your  being  know, 
Is  giv'n  ro  yqu,  your  feeds  to  tow  j 
"Wifdom  and  folly's  differing  grain 
In  future  worlds  is  bli  -in. 

6  Then  let  me  i  y  review, 
Idle  or  bufy  feafch  itthroug 
And  whilft  pi 

Let  every  day  amend  the  part. 

•IT, 


fptmm  ccviii.  c<» 

O'TIS  a  lovely  thing  to  fee 
A  man  of  pr.  rt  ! 

Y\  hoCe  thoughts  and  lips  and  life  2gree 
To  act  a  ufeful  par.. 
2  When  envy,  ftrife  and  wars  begin 
In  little  angry  fou 


i66  II     Y     M     N      >. 

Mark  how  the  fons  of    ■  :o«K  in, 

I  quench  ! 

3  Their  minds  ai\  <l  and  meek, 

Nor  does 
Nor  pafliop  )  fneak, 

Nor  pritl .  e  pes. 

4  Their  lives  are  prudence  mix'd  with  iove  •, 

Good  works  employ  their  day  ;  .  ' 

They  join  the  ferpent  with  the  dove,* 
But  caft  the  iling  away. 

5  Such  was  the  Saviour  of  mankind  ^ 

Such  pleafures  he  purfu'd  : 
His  manners  gentle  and  refin'd  ; 
His  foul  divinely  good. 

$£mn  CC1X.      Long  Metre.         [b] 

Importunate  Prayer.      uj4/k3  and  yc  fiall  receive." 
Matt.  vii.  ;,  &c. 

OUR  Father,  thron'd  above  the  fky, 
To  thee  our  empty  hands  we  fpread  ; 
Thy  children  at  thy  footftool  lie, 
And  afk  thy  bleiTmgs  on  their  head. 

2  Let  mercy  all  our  fins  difpcl, 

As  clouds  before  the  folar  beam  ; 
Our  fouls  from  I  and  from  hell 

To  liberty  and  lite  rede< 

3  With  cheerful  hope  and  filial  fcar, 
In  that  auguft  anc 

By  thee  ordain'd,  &> 

And  wo.,  ig  claim. 

4  Does  not  an  earthly  pai 

The  cravings  of  his  famiih'd  ion  f 


H     Y     M    N    S.  167 

Will  he  reject  the  filial  prayer, 

Or  mock  him  with  a  cake  of  (lone  ? 

snly  Father,  how  much  more 
II  thy  divine  companions  rife  ; 
And  open  thy  unbounded  ftore 
To  fatisfy  thy  children's  cries  ? 
Yes,  we  will  aik  and  feek  and  prefs 
For  gracious  audience  to  thy  feat  y 
Still  hoping,  waiting  for  fuccefs, 
If  perfevenng  to  entreat. 
For  Jcfus  in  his  faithful  word 
The  patient  fupplicant  has  bleft ; 
And  all  thy  faints  with  one  accord 
The  prevalence  of  prayer  atteft. 


tlin    CCX.     Short    Metre.     [*<*t>] 

ftm union  iciib  God  and  Cbrift. 

OUR  he  venly  Father  calls, 
And  Chrift  invites  us  near  ; 
With  both  our  friendfhip  fhall  be  fweet, 
And  our  communion  dear. 

2  God  pities  all  my  griefs, 
He  pardons  every  day  ; 

Almighty  to  protect  my  foul, 
And  wife  to  guide  my  way. 

3  How  large  his  bounties  are  I 
What  v  tes  of  good, 

Diffus'd  from  my  Redeemer's  hand, 
And  pur  is  blood  \ 

4  J 

I  b  uthful  ere, 


1 68  H     Y     M     N    S. 

My  advocate  te  thronef 

And  my  fore-runner  there. 
5  Here  fix  my  roving  heart  ; 

Here  w  armeft  love, 

Till  the  communion  be  complete, 

In  nobler  ieenes  above. 

DODDHIDGE. 

U)gnm  CCXI.     Hallelujah  Metre.     [*] 

'.."  fcen  of  Angels. 

OYE  immortal  throng 
Of  angels  round  the  throne, 
Join  with  our  feeble  fong, 
And  make  the  Saviour  known  ; 
On  earth  ye  knew  His  wond'rous  grace  ; 

His  radiant  face  In  heaven  ye  vU 

2  Ye  faw  the  heav'n-born  Child 
In  human  fiefh  array'd  ; 
How  innocent  and  mild, 
When  in  the  manger  laid  ! 

And  praife  to  God,        And  peace  on  enrth, 
For  fuch  a  birth,  Proclaim  d  aloud. 

3  Ye  in  the  wildemefs 
Beheld  the  tempter  fpoil'd, 
Well  known  in  every  drefs, 
In  every  combat  foil'd  ; 

Ye  joinYt  to  crown         The  victor's  head, 
When  Satan  lied  Before  his  frown. 

4  Ye  kept  a  Glent  guard 
Around  his  fteeping  head, 

II  the  bright  mom  appearM 
Which  wak'd  him  from  the  dead. 
Then  roll'd  the  (lone  And  all  adorM 

Your  rifing  Lord,  With  joy  unknown. 


HYMNS.  169 

5  When  all  array'd  in  light, 
The  Alining  Ccnq'ror  rode, 
Ye  haii'd  his  rapt'rous  flight, 
Up  to  the  throne  of  God  *, 

And  wav'd  around  Your  ardent  wings, 

And  tun'd  your  firings,    Of  nobleft  found. 

6  1  he  warbling  notes  purfue, 
And  louder  anthems  raife  ; 
Whfift  mortals  found  with  you 
Their  own  Redeemer's  praife. 

And  thou,  my  fcul,         Y\  ith  equal  flame, 
His  praife  proclaim,         Whilft  ages  roll. 

Doddridge,  altered. 

J3)pmn  CCXII.    Long  Metre.    [#or,&] 

PATIENCE  !  O  what  a  grace  divine  ! 
Sent  from  the  God  of  peace  and  love  \ 
That  leans  upon  its  Father's  hand, 
As  throug  T  life  we  rove. 

2  By  patience  we  ferenely  bear 
The  troubles  of  our  mortal  (late  ; 
And  wait  contented  our  difchar 
Nor  think  our  glory  comes  too  late. 

3  Th  :  in  full  fenfation  feel, 
The  weight,  the  wounds  our  Go-1 
We  frnile  amidft  our  heavlr 

And  triumph  in  our  fharpeft  pains. 
a  ( I  ;race  to  aid  us  on, 

th  fortitude  the  btet 
tumultuous  voyage  is  o'er, 
reach  the  port  of  endlefs  reft. 
P 


iyo  II     Y     M    N     S. 

5   Faith  into  vifion  fhall  be  brought  ; 
Hope  mail  in  full  enjoyment  die  ; 
And  patience  in  poiieilion  end 
l\\  the  bright  world  of  blifs  on  high. 

Ripi'on'*  Collection. 


!pJ)lUn  CCXIII.    Common  Metre.   [*orj>] 

7Zc  Peace  and  Confutation  if a  Cbrif.ian. 

PEACE,  all  ye  forrows  of  the  heart, 
And  every  tear  be  dry  ; 
The  Chriftian  ne'er  can  be  forlorn, 
Who  views  his  Saviour  nigh. 

2  u  Let  not  your  forrows  rife,"  he  fays, 

"  Nor  be  your  fouls  afraid  : 
Truft  in  your  God's  almighty  name, 
And  truft  your  Saviour's  aid. 

3  "  Fair  manfions  in  m'y  Father's  houfe    - 

For  all  his  children  wait  ; 
And  I  your  eider  brother  go 
To  open  wide  the  gate. 

4  "  And  if  I  thither  go  before, 

A  dwelling  to  prepare  •, 
I  furely  will  return,  again 
That  I  may  fix  you  there. 

5  "  United  in  eternal  love, 

My  people  fhall  remain, 
And  with  rejoicing  heart  fir  all  fnare 
The  glories  of  my  reign." 

6  Thy  gracious  words,  O  Lord,  we  hears 

And  cordial  joys  they  bring  ; 
Frail  nature  may  extort  a  groan, 
But  death  has  toft  its  fting. 

DODBRIDCK. 


H    Y     M    N    S.  171 

Jpgmn  CCXIV.     Commm  Metre,     [b] 

SuL;r.iJJ:rn  trj  cJJUcJivs  Provp 

PEACE,  my  complaining,  doubting  heart -, 
Ye  bufy  c::res,  be  ftill ; 
Adore  the  juft,  the  fov'reign  Lord, 
Nor  murmur  at  his  will. 

2  Unerring  wifdom  guides  his  hand  ; 

Nor  dares  my  guilty  fear, 
Amidft  the  fharpeft  pains  I  feel, 
Pronounce  his  hand  fevere. 

3  To  foften  every  painful  flroke, 

Indulgent  mercy  bends  *, 
And  unrepining  when  I  plead, 
His  gracious  ear  attends. 

4  Let  me  reflect  with  humble  awe, 

Whene'er  my  heart  complains  ; 
Compar'd  with  what  my  fins  deferve, 
How  eafy  are  my  pains  ! 

5  Great  fov'reign  Lord,  I  own  thy  hand, 

Thou  juft  and  wife  and  kind  ; 
Be  every  anxious  thought  fupprefs'd, 
And  ail  my  foul  refign'd. 

6  From  evil,  thou  wilt  good  produce, 

And  light  from  darknefs  raife  ; 
Thus  thou  wilt  change  my  grief  to  joy, 
And  turn  my  tears  to  praife. 

Mr~,  Si  reLEj  with  AHd!tiuQ 


jpgmn    CCXV.     Common    Metre. 


P 


LA  CD  on  the  verge  of  youth,  my  mind 
Life's  opening  fcene  furvey'd  -, 


172  H     Y     M    N    B. 

I  view'cl  its  ills  of  various  kinds 
Afflicted  and  afraid 

2  But  chief  my  fear  the  dangers  rnovM 

That  virtue's  path  indole  •, 
My  heart  the  wife  purfuit  approv'd  ; 
But  oh,  what  toils  oppofe  ! 

3  For  fee,  while  yet  her  unknown  ways 

With  doubtful  ftep  I  tread  ! 
A  hoftile  world  its  terrors  raife, 
Its  fnares  delufivc  fpread. 

4  O  how  {hall  I  with  heart  prepared 

Thofe  terrors  learn  to  meet  ? 
How  from  the  thoufand  fnares  to  guard 
My  inexperiene'd  feet  ? 

5  Let  faith  fupprefs  each  rifing  fear, 

Each  anxious  doubt  exclude  ; 
My  Maker's  will  has  plac'd  n^e  here  ; 
A  Maker  wife  and  good. 

6  He  to  my  every  trial  knows 

Its  juft  reftraint  to  give  *, 
Attentive  to  behold  my  woes, 
And  faithful  to  relieve. 

7  Then  why  thus  heavy,  O  my  foul  ? 

Say,  why  diftruftful  (tiil, 
Thy  thoughts  with  vain  impatience  roll 

O'er  fcenes  of  future  ill  ? 
3  Though  griefs  unnumber'd  throng  thee  round, 

Still  in  thy  God  confide  \ 
Whofe  finger  marks  the  feas  their  bound, 

And  curbs  the  rolling  tide. 


II    Y     M     N     S.  173 

$£tttn  CCxYl.  re.     C   - 

PRAISE  to  God,  immortal  praife, 
For  the  love  that  crowns  our  days  ; 
Bounteous  Source  of  every  joy, 
Let  thy  praife  our  fongs  employ. 

2  For  the  bleffings  of  the  field, 
Fur  the  ftores  the  gardens  yield, 
For  the  vine's  exalted  juice, 
For  :;ous  olive's  ufe  ; 

3  Flocks  that  whiten  all  the  plain, 
Yellow  (heaves  of  .o-in, 
Clouds  that  drop  their  fatte  ung  dew-, 
Suns  that                :e  warmth  difFufe  j 

4  All  that  fpring  with  13  hand 
Scatters                                nd  : 

All  that  liberal  autumn  pours 
From  her  ric  wing  (lores  ; 

5  Thefe  to  thee,  our  God,  we  owe, 
Source,  whence  all  ou  >w  •, 
And  for  thefe  our  fouls   (hall  1 
Grateful    vows  and  folemn  praife. 

6  Yet  (hould  rifirig  nds  tear 

ming  ear  ; 
jc?s  blafted  moot 
Drop  its  green  untimely   fruit  ; 

7  Should  the  vine  put  forth  no  more, 
Nor  the  re  ; 
Though  the  :  uld  fall, 
And 

8  Yet  to  thee  our  fouls  fnVd  raife 
Grateful  vows  and  folemn  praife  ; 

P  2 


:-:  HYMNS. 

And  whcta  •  ~:ng's  flown, 

*.   Ear  bat ld. 


ipj)mn   CCXVII.     Long  Metre. 

The  I  .'/&«. 

PRAISE  to  tii  I  of  1         11  fs  might, 

With  uncreal  bright  i 

His  prefence  fills  the  world  above, 
Th1  eternal  Source  of  light  and  love, 
riling  earth  his  ey 

Is  veiTd  ; 
The  (hapelefs  chaos,  na  _:nb, 

Lay  buried  in  eternal  gloom. 
"  Let  there  be  light,"  J  (aid, 

And  light  o'er  ce  was  fprc 

The  world  arrayed  in  charms  unknown, 
With  all  its  new-born  lufti 

es  the  mind  obfcur*d  within 

And  darts  from  heav'n  a  vital  ra 
iarknefs  into  day. 

Arid      t  Pd 

born  day, 
ant  image  (hall  difplay  •, 
tes   unite 
lo  gives  me  |igl 

Doddridge. 


H     Y     M    N    S.  P75 

fpVXnn    C CX VIII.    Short  Metre.  [#] 

The  Grace  of  God  in  Chrijl. 

AISE  your  triumphant  fongs 
To  an  immortal  tune  ; 
Let  the  wide  earth  refound  the  deeds 
Celeftial  grace  hath  done. 

2  Sirg  how  eternal  love 
Its  chief  beloved  chofe, 

And  bade  him  raife  our  finful  race 
From  their  abyfs  of  woes. 

3  His  hand  no  thunder  bears, 
Nor  terror  clothes  his  brow  ; 

No  bolts  to  drive  our  guilty  fouls 
To  fiercer  flames  below. 

4  But  mercv  fill'd  the  throne 
Of  the  eternal  izy. 

When  Chrifl  was  fent  with  pardon  down, 
To  rebels  doom'd  to  die, 

5  Now,  Gnnersj  dry  your  tears ; 
Let  hopelefs  forrow  ceafc  ; 

Eow  to  the  iceptre  of  his  love, 
And  take  the  effer'd  peace. 

6  Lord,  we  obey  thy  call, 
We  lay  an  humble  claim 

To  the  falvation  thou  haft  wrought, 
And  love  and  praife  thy  name. 

Watts. 


Jp^inn  CCXIX.    Common  Metre.   [$orp] 

JFcr   a   N'etv   Tear. 

REMARK,  my  foul,  the  narrow  .bounds 
Of  the  revolving  year  -y 


i76  HYMN     S. 

I ;.  he  weeks  complete  their  round  ! 

he  months  appear ! 

2  :•-■  nes  on, 

it  important  day, 
i)  all  that  mortal  life  hath  done 
God's  judgment  (hall  furvey  . 

3  Yet  like  an  idle  tale  we  pafs 

I  he  fwift  advancing  year  ; 
And  (lady  artful  ways  t'  increafe 
The  fpeed  of  its  career. 

4  Waken,  O  God,  my  carelefs  heart, 

Its  great  concern  to  fee, 
That  I  may  a£t  the  chriftian  part, 
And  give  the  year  to  ih 
c  So  (hall  their  couvfe  more  grateful  roil, 
If  future  years  arife  ; 
Or  this  (hay  bear  my  waiting  foul 
To  joy  beyond  the  fkies. 


Jl)gmn  CCXX.    Common  Metre.    [#] 

Salvation, 

SALVATION  !  O  melodious  found 
To  wretched  dying  men  ! 
Salvation,  that  from  God  proceeds, 
And  ieads  to  God  again  ! 

2  Refcu'd  from  hell's  eternal  gloom, 

From  darknefs,  fire  and  chains  \ 
Rais'd  to  a  paradife  of  blifs, 
Where  love  with  glory  reigns  ! 

3  But  O,  may  a  degeivrate  foul, 

Sinful  and  weak  as  mine. 


H     Y    M    N    S.  177 

Prefume  to  raife  a  trembling  eye 
To  bleflings  ib  divirie  : 

4  The  luilre  of  fo  bright  a  fc 

My  feeble  heart  overbears  •, 

And  unbelief  almoli  perverts 
The  promife  into  tears. 

5  My  Saviour  Gcd,  no  vcice  but  thine 

Thefe  dying  hopes  car.  r  life  ; 
Speak  thy  :i  to  lny  1 

And  turn  my  tears  to  praife. 

6  My  Saviour  God,  this  broken  voice 

Tranfpovted  Oiafl  proelaim  ; 

And  call  on  all  th'  angelic  harps, 

To  found  thy  glorious  name. 

Doddridge. 


Jpgmtl  CCXXI.  Common  Metre.  tJT*H 

SEE,  Ifra<  Shepherd  ftand, 

With  all  engaging  charms  ! 
Hark  !  how  he  calls  the  tender  lambs, 
And  takes  them  in  his  arms  ! 

2  M  Permit  them  to  appi  he  cries) 

Nor  feorn  their  humble  name  •, 
It  was  to  blefs  filch  fouls  as  thefe, 
The  Lord  of  angels  came.  ' 

3  We  bring  them,  Lord,  with  grateful  hearts, 

Av.d  yield  them  up  to  thee  ; 
RejoicM  that  we  ourfehres  are  thine  ; 
Thine  let  our  offspring  be. 

4  Ye  little  nock,  witfi  pleafure  hear  j 

Ye  children,  feek  his  face  ; 


i73  HYMNS. 

And  fly  with  tranfport  to  receive 

The  ble  flings  of  his  grace. 
5  If  orphans  they  are  left  behind, 

Thy  guardian  care  we  truft  *, 
That  thought  (hall  heal  our  bleeding  hearts, 

When  weeping  o'er  their  duft. 

Doddridge. 

i])gmn    C CX XII.     Short    Metre.     [*] 

Chr'ijl  the  IV'ifdoni  of  God* 

SHALL  wifdorn  cry  aloud, 
And  not  her  fpeech  be  heard  ? 
The  voice  of  God's  eternal  word, 
Defer  ves  it  no  regard  r 

2  I  was  his  chief  delight, 
His  everlafting  Son  ; 

Before  the  fir  it  of  all  his  works, 
Creation,  was  begun. 

3  Before  the  flying  clouds, 
Before  the  folic-  land, 

Before  the  fields,  before  the  floods, 
i  dwelt  at  his  right  hand. 

4  When  he  adorn'd  the  ikies, 
And  built  them,  I  was  there, 

To  order  when  the  fun  fhould  rife, 
And  mar  thai  every  ftar. 

5  Yvrhen  he  pour'd  out  the  fea, 
And  fpread  the  flowing  deep  ; 

I  gave  the  flood  a  firm  decree 
in  its  own  bounds  to  kefcp. 

6  Upon  the  empty  air 

The  earth  was  balanced  well  ; 


H     Y     M    N    S. 

With  joy  I  faw  the  manfion  where 
The  ions  of  men  fhouid  dwell. 

7  My  bufy  thoughts  at  firft 
On  their  falvation  ran  ; 

Ere  fii)  appear'd,  or  Adam's  duft 
Was  fafhion'd  to  a  man. 

8  Then  come,  receive  my  grace, 
Ye  children,  and  be  wife  j 

Happy  the  man  that  keeps  my  ways   ; 
The  man  that  ihuns  them,  dies. 

Watts. 


fpgnmCCXXIII.  Common  Metre. 

The  Nativity  of   Clrijl. 

"QHEPHERDS,  rejoice,  lift  up  your  eyes, 

|^    And  fend  your  fears  away  \ 
News  from  the  region  of  the  fkies, 

Salvation's  born  to  day. 

2  "The  Son  of  God,  whom  angels  fear, 

Comes  down  to  dwell  with  you  ; 
To  day  he  makes  his  entrance  here, 
But  not  as  monarchs  do. 

3  "  No  gold  nor  purple  fwaddling  bands, 

Nor  royal  fhining  things  ; 
A  manger  for  his  cradle  ltands, 
And  holds  the  King  of  kings*, 

4  "  Go,  (hepherds,  where  the  infant  Ifefy 

And  fee  his  humble  thro:^  ; 
With  tears  of  joy  in  all  your  eyes, 
Go,  is,  kifs  the  Son." 

5  Thus  Gabriel  fang,  and  ilraight  arour.d 

The  heavenly  armies  throng; 


i8o  HYMNS. 

They  tune  their  har  v  found, 

And  thus  conduce  the  ft  i 

6  "  Glory  to  God)  [tisabote. 

Let  peace  furround  the  eartii ; 
Mortals  mail  know  their  Maker's  love, 
At  their  Redeemer's  birth." 

7  Lord,  Avail  the  angels  have  their  fongs, 

And  men  no  tunes  to  raifc  ? 
O  may  we  lofe  thefe  ufelefs  tongues, 
When  they  forget  to  praife. 

8  Glory  to  God,  who  reigns  above, 

Who  pitied  us  forlorn  ; 
We  join  to  fing  our  Maker's  love, 
For  there's  a  Saviour  born. 

Watts. 


Jpgnm  CCXXIV.     long  Metre,     ft] 

Faith   in    God  in    a   Time  of  2>^?r$/}.— Habakkuk  iii.  17,  18. 

SHOULD  famine  o'er  the  mourning 
Extend  her  defolattng  reign  ; 
Nor  fpring  her  blooming  beauties  yield, 
Nor  autumn  fweil  the  ripening  grain  : 

2  Should  low:  and  bleating  Aieep 
Around  their  famiflrd  mafter  die  ; 
And  hope  itfelf  expiring  w 

Whilit  life  deplores  its  laft  f»ppl 

3  Amidft  the  dark  the  deathful  fcene, 
If  I  can  fay  the  Lord  b  mine, 
The  joy  Avail  triumph  o'er  the  p 

A*  dawn,  though  life  decline. 

4  The  God  of  my  falvation  lives, 
My  nobler  life  he  will  iultain  -9 


HYMNS. 

Wfd  immortal  vigour  eh 
1  my  hope  or  truft  be  vain. 

5  Thy  prefence,  Lord,  can  cheer  my  heart  ; 
Though  every  earthly  comfort  die  *, 
Thy  love  can  bid  my  pain  depart, 

And  raife  my  facred  pleafures  high. 

6  O  let  me  hear  thy  blifsful  voice, 
Infpiring  life  and  ine, 
The  barren  defart  fliall  rejoice  ; 
Tis  patadife  if  thou  be  mine. 

Mrs.  SrttLfc 


fppnUl  CCXXV.      t  Mare.     [$] 

\l\\dih  xxxiii.  i;. 

SHOULD  charms  to  pleafe  the  eye 

All  1  droop  and  die> 

iiine. 

2  Vain  iy*4j 

And 

lie:  ade  •, 

Her  be 

3  But  '  ■'  I  Ggh* 

:11s  i 

A  veil  or 

4  O  c 

On  (iron  g  ; 

And  v.  iefc 

5  There  thoufands  wenhip  at  thy  feet 

And  there,  (divine  employ  !) 


1 82  H     Y     M     N     S. 

The  triumphs  of  thy  love  repeat 
In  fongs  of 
6  Thy  pre  fence  beams  eternal  day 
O'er  all  the  blifsful  place  j 
Who  would  not  drop  this  load  of  clay, 
And  die  to  fee  thy  face  ? 

Mrs.  Steele. 


%Vmn  CCXXVI.      Long  Metre.      [*] 

Faith  in  God's  Names. 

SING  to  the  Lord,  who  loud  proclaims 
His  various  and  Ins  faring  names  ; 
O  may  they  not  be  heard  alone, 
But  by  our  fure  experience  known. 

2  The  great  Jehovah  be  adord, 
The  eternal,  all-fufficient  Lord  ; 

He  through  the  world  molt  high  confefs'd, 
By  whom  \\\  .  d  is  pcflefs'd. 

3  Awake,  our  noble  it  powers,  to  blefs 
The  God  of  Abr'ham,  God  of  peace  ; 
Now  by  a  dearer  title 

Father  and  God  c  Son. 

4  Through  every  age,  his  gracious  ear 
Is  open  to  his  fervants5  prayer ; 

;  cm  plain 
in  vain. 
r  W  hat  unlx 
In  v 

me. 

hee  our  fouls  in  faith  arife, 
To  thee  - . 


H     Y     M    N     S.  1 33 

And  boldly  through  the  defart  tread, 
For  God  will  guard  where  God  fliall  lead. 

Doddridge. 


Jpgmn  CCXXVII.   Com.  Metre.    [*<*!>] 

The  2 j  azen    Serpent. 

SO  did  the  Hebrew  prophet  raife 
The  brazen  ferpent  high  \ 
The  wounded  felt  immediate  eafe  ; 
The  nek  forbore  to  die. 

2  "  Look  upward  in  th'  expiring  hour, 

And  live,"  the  prophet  cries  ; 

But  Chrift  performs  a  nobler  cure, 

When  faith  lifts  up  her  eyes. 

3  High  on  the  crofs  the  Saviour  hung; 

High  in  the  heavens  he  reigns  ; 
Here  finners,  by  thj  ferpent  itung, 
Look  and  forget  their  pains. 

4  When  God's  own  Son  is  lifted  up, 

A  dying  world  revives  ; 
The  Jew  beholds  the  bleffed  hope  ; 
Th'  expiring  Gentile  lives. 

•  Watts, 

ippmn  CCXXVIIL     Long  Metre.     [£] 

On  the  Death  of  a  Chi! J. 

SO  fades  the  lovely  blooming  flower, 
Frail,  failing  folace  of  an  hour  ! 
So  foon  our  tranfi^rt  comforts  fly, 
And  pleafure  only  blooms  to  die  ! 
3   To  certain  trouble  we  are  born, 
Hope  to  rejoice,  but  fare  to  mourn  ; 


1 84  H     Y     M     N     S. 

Ah,  wretched  effort  !  fid  relief  ! 
To  plead  nccefiity  of  g  k  I  ! 

3  Is  there  no  kind,  no  lenient  art, 
To  heal  the  angui  rt  ? 

To  eafe  the  h 

Which  nature  mufl,  but  dre  ...  .  fo  bear  ? 

4  Can  reafon's  difltate 
Too  weak,  alas  ! 

O  let  religion  th 

Her  confolations  never 

5  Her  powerful  aid  fuppon  but, 
And  nature  owns  her  kii  \ 
Whilft  (he  unfolds  the  facr 

Our  fierceft  gu 

6  Then  gentle  patience  n  p  in, 
And  dying  hop£  reviyes 

Hope  wipes  the  tear  from 
And  faith  points  upw.  . 

7  The  p-.'  i  tides  her  ardent  fiig]  t, 
And  joys,  unknown  to  fenfej  h 
Thofe  blifsful  regi  >ns  to  t 

Where  pleafure  blooms,  to  fade  no  more. 

Mr».  Steel 


Jl)gmn  CCXXIX.  Long  Metre.  C*or*] 

Holincfs. 

SO  let  our  lips  and  lives  exprefs 
The  boly  gofpel  we  profefs  ; 
So  let  our  works  and  virtues  mine, 
To  prove  the  doftrine  all  divine. 

2  Thus  fhall  we  bed  proclaim  abroad 
The  honours  of  our  Saviour  God  \ 


H     Y    M     N     S.  185 

When  the  falvation  reigns  within, 
And  grace  fubdues  the  power  of  fin. 
Our  flefh  and  fenfe  muft  be  deny'd, 
Paffion  and  envy,  luft  and  pride  ; 
Whilft  juftice,  temp'rance,  truth  and  love, 
Our  inward  piety  approve. 

Religion  bears  our  fpirits  up, 
Whilft  we  expect  that  blefTed  hope, 
The  bright  appearance  of  the  Lord, 
And  faith  (lands  leaning  on  his  word. 

Watts. 


fy%nm  CCXXX.    Gommto  Metre.    [$] 

The   Hope  of  ffeaven. 

SOON  (hall  this  earthly  frame  diffolv'd 
In  death  and  ruin  lie  ; 
But  better  mannons  wait  the  juft, 
Prepar'd  above  the  iky. 
■  An    houfe  eternal  built  by  God, 
Shall  lodge  the  holy  mind, 
When  once  the  priion-walls  are  broke 
In  which  'tis  now  contin'd. 
5  Such  are  the  hopes  that  cheer  the  juft, 
Thefe  hopes  their  God  hath  given  *, 
His  Spirit  is  the  earned  now, 
And  feals  their  fouls  for  heaven. 

4  What  faith  rejoices  to  believe, 
We  long  and  pant  to  fee  •, 
We  would  be  abfent  from  the  flefti, 
And  frefent,  Lord,  with  thee. 

Scotch  Paraphrase*. 


i86  HYMN    S. 

Jt)gmn  CCXXXI.  Common  Metre,  [f  ort>] 

J 

THE  days  how  lew,  how  fhort  the  year 
Of  man's  fo  rapid  race  ! 
Each  ,  as  it  i\v;: 

A  (hotter  in  its  place. 

2  They  who  the  longed  leafe  enjoy, 

Have  told  us.  wit] 
That  to  be  born,  feems  little  mere 
Than  to  begin  to  die. 

3  Our  hearts  are  faften'd  to  this  world 

By  ftrong  and  numerous  ties  ; 
But  every  forrow  cuts  a  itring, 
And  urges  us  to  rife. 

4  When  Heaven  would  kindly  fet  us  free, 

And  earth's  e  ent  end  -, 

It  takes  the  moil  effectual  way, 
And  robs  us  of  a  friend. 

5  If  we  pre  fume  to  counteract 

A  fympathetic  God, 
Have  we  not  caufe  to  fear  the  ftroke 
Of  his  avenging  rod  ? 

6  If  we  refign,  our  patience  makes 

His  rod  a  gentle  wand  •, 
If  not,  it  darts  a  ferpem's  iling, 
Like  that  in  Mofes'  hand. 

Vou\-«. 

Jpgmn  CCXXXII.    Long  Metre.    [#] 

Divine  Provide  nee  toiuatds  Alan  and  Beajl. 

THE  earth  and  all  the  heavenly  frame 
Their  great  Creator's  love  proclaim  j 


II     Y     JM     N     &  iSj 

He  gives  the  fur  :  power, 

And  fends  the  foft  refrefhing  ihower. 

2  The  ground  with  plenty  blooms  again, 

And  yields  her  various  fruits  to  men  ; 
To  men,  who  from  thy  bounteous  hand 
Receive  the  gifts  of  every  land. 

3  Nor  to  the  human  race  alone 

Is  thy  |  Qiown  ; 

The  tril  I        md  air, 

Enjoy  thy  univerfaJ  care. 

:  e'en  a  fparrow  yields  its  breath 
Till  God  permits  the  ilroke  of  death  ; 
Hj  h<  »ns  when  they  call, 

The  I  he  friend  of  all. 

y  care,  greit  God,  fuftains  them  all  ; 
by  hunger's  powerful  call, 
Expefi  in :  of  tlw   ;  k  « 
To  r  hee  th  e  y  ifti:  i  g  eye. 

6  To  thee,  in 

Shall  raife  the  morn  and  evenrag  long  ; 
And  Ion  :ie, 

The  wonders  oi  diy  love  | 

Collection, 

mn  CCXXXIII.  Long  Metre.  [\<  prj>] 

THE  God  who  once  to  Ifrael  (poke 
From  Sinai's  top  in  lire  and  imoke 
In  gender  (trains  of  gofpel  grace 

Invites  us  now  to  fcek  his  face. 
He  wears  no  terrors  on  his  brow, 
He  fpeaks  in  love  from  Sion  now ; 


188  II     Y     T.I    N    S. 

It  i  rod 

That  calls  us  wai  to  God. 

3  (  I  fear'd, 

e  heard  \ 
lint  ents  mild 

aks  to  the  finm  t  hild. 

4  }  I  y  it  founds, 
From  the  Redeemer's  bleed  ^ndsj 
u  Pa                                    ly  givej 

,  look  to  me  and  live." 
t;   What  other  arguments  can  move 

The  heart  th.  '5  lor?  ; 

O  may  that  heavenly  power  be  felt, 
ufe  the  ftoiiy  he^rt  to  melt. 
6  1-  refence  b< 

Wh(  'rait  appear  ; 

When  flighted  ic  th  (hall  turn, 

And  the  Whole  earth  like  Sinai  burn. 

Kk^  ion. 


nnCCXXXLV.   Co)  etre.  [$q 

Room  i 

THE  King  of  heaven  hi?  table  fpreads, 
And  dainties  crown  the  board  ; 
No-  jcrys, 

Could  fuch  delight  afford. 
2  Pardon  and  peace  to  dying  m 
And  ven  ; 

And  the  rich  blo<  fus  fhed, 

the  foul  to  heai 
g  Ye  hm  ,  who  long  have  ft] 

In  fins  d 


H     Y     M     N    R. 

Come  from  the  hedges  and  highways, 
ill  find  you  r 

'.ere  ; 
And  th  -   ore,  ftill  on  the  way, 

and  the  I  :'ar. 

5  \  ho ufe  and  heart  (o  large, 

.  ds  more 
Nor  could  t"  rid 

O'e.  oom. 

6  All  things  .  ;  enter  in, 

.k  excufes  frame  ; 
Come,  take  your  places  at  the  feafi, 
And  biefs  the  Founder's  name, 

Dodjpsii  - 


mn  CCXXXV.  Short  Metis,  it 

The  Lavo  and  Gt 

■HE  law  by  Mcfes  came, 
But  peace  and  truth  and  iove 

.  ft,  a  nuoler  name, 
Deicen  ve. 

2  Amidft  tbje  home  of  God, 
-     orks  were  done  ; 

tnt  flood; 

But  Chi.  iui  Son. 

3  1  is  new  commands 
Ee  iiricr  obedience  paid  ; 

O'er  all  his  Father's  houfe  he  (land* 
The  I  the  head. 

jht  ; 


ioo  II     Y     M     N     o. 

Id  how  terribly  he 
For  his  prefurttptuous  fault. 
5  But  fori 

On  that  rebellious  ra< 

Who  hat  fus  calls, 

And  uare  refill  his  grace. 

Watts. 


JPgmtl  CCXXXVI.  Com.  Metre.  [*or  b] 

77;t'  jtfinu  Covenant. 

<c  r  I  ^KE  promife  of  my  Fathers  iove 

X      Shall  itand  forever  good." 
He  faid  \  and  gave  his  foul  to  death, 
And  feaPd  the  grace  with  blood. 
1  To  this  new  covenant  of  thy  word 
I  let  my  worth lefs  name  ; 
I  teal  th'  engagement  to  the  Lord, 
And  make  my  humble  claim. 

3  Thy  light  and  ftrength  aru  tng  grace, 

And  glory  (hall  be  mine  ; 
My  life  and  foul*  my  heart  and  .. 
And  all  my  powers  be  thine. 

4  Thus  v  n  my  foul  to  God 

In  everlafting  bands  ; 
And  take  the  bleffings  he  bellows 
With  thankful  heart  and  hands. 

.  -ts  and  Doddridge. 


.VII.    Long  Metre. 

Reivurd  ofj  Ml.  3. 

T-  "ild  on  I 
Refplendeut  with  eternal  d; 


HYMN    S.  191 

Faith  views  the  bliisful  profpeffc  nigh, 
And  God's  own    .  lis  the  way. 

2  There  (hall  the  .  of  the  Lord 

With  nc\  u:e  ; 

Surprifing  honour  !   large  reward, 
ConferrM  on  man  by  love  divine  ! 

3  How  h  tly  wife, 
Who  learn  .  l    :red  ror.d  ! 
How  happy  they  whom  Heav'n  employs, 
To  turn  rebellious  men  to  God  ! 

4  To  win  them  from  the  fatal  way, 
Where  erring  folly  thoughtlefs  roves ; 

And  that  blelt  rig 
Which  Jefus  wn 

5  The  Oiining  nt  fhall  fade, 
And  fparkling  ftars  refign  their  light  ; 

But  theie  fhall  know  no  change  nor  (hail 
Forever  fair,  forever  bri 

6  No  fancy'd  joy  beyond  the  (ky. 
No  fair  delufion  is  reveal'd  ; 

'Tis  God  that  fpeaks,  who  cannot  He, 
And  all  his  word  mult  be  fulrili'd. 

7  And  (hail  not  thefe  cold  hearts  of  ours 
Be  kindled  at  the  glorious  view  ; 
Come,  Lord,  to  e  powers, 
Our  feeble,  dying  ftjfength  itnt 

o  On  wings  of  feith  and  ftrong  defire 
O  may  our  fpirits  daily  rife  ; 
And  reach  at  laft  the  mining  choir, 
In  the  bright  oianfions  of  the  Ikies, 

Ml:      . 


I9i 


H    Y     M    N    S. 


p$mn  ccxxx  vm.  c.  m.  c*  < 

Death  and  He(r?-i. 

THERE  is  a  houfc  not  made  by  hands* 
Eternal  and  on  high  ; 
And  here  nay  fpirit  waiting  ftands? 
Till  God  (hall  bid  it  fly. 

2  Shortly  this  prifon  of  mv  clay 

Mttft  he  duTolv'd  and  fall  5 

Then,  oh  my  foul,  with  joy  obey 

Thy  heavenly  Father's  call. 

3  'Tis  he,  by  his  almighty  pace, 

That  forms  thee  ; 
And,  as  an  earned  of  the  place, 
Has  his  own  Spirit  gi 

4  We  walk  by  faith  of  joys  to  come  > 

Faith  lives  upon  h 
But  whilft  the  body  is  our  home, 
We're  abferit  from  the  Lord. 

r  'Tis  pleasant  to  believe  thy  gr 
But  we  had   :  ; 

We  would  be  orn  the  fl  j(hi 

And  prefect,  Lord,,  with  thee. 

WATTt. 

Pjmiti  CCXXXIX.'  Cam,  Metre,    [b] 

rlunnUntion  of  Cor'iji.      Ii"<liah,   liif. 

THE  Saviour  comes  !  no  outward  p:mp 
Befpeaks  his  prefe  h  \ 

No  earthly  beauties  in  him  (hint 
Te  draw  the  carnal  eye. 


H     T     M     N     S 

2  Fair  as  a  blooming,  tender  Sower 

Amidft  the  defar:  grows  ; 
So  flighted  and  defpi^d  by  man, 
The  heavenly  Saviour  role. 

3  They  held  him  as  condemn'd  by  Heaven, 

An  outcafl  from  his  God  ; 
While  for  their  fins  he  groan'' d  and  L 
Beneath  his  Fathers  rod. 

4  With  Gnners  in  the  duft  he  lay, 

The  rich  a  grave  fupplied  ; 
Unfpotted  was  his  blamelefs  life* 
Unftain'd  by  fm  he  dy'd. 

5  His  foul,  rejoicing,  (hall  behc 

The  purchafe  of  his  pain  ; 

And  every  finner  by  him  fav'd 

Shall  blefs  Median's  reign. 

6  He  died  to  bear  the  guilt  of  men, 

That  fm  might  be  forgiven  *, 
He  lives  to  blefs  them,  and  defend, 
And  plead  their  cauie  in  heaven. 

Scotch  Paraphrafe. 


fpgmtl  CCXL.   Common  Metre.  [*  or  [>] 

The  Refurre5:l-  :  of  the  IvTciyrs.      Rev.    vii. 

"  '"j^HESE  glorious  minds  how  bright 

X     Whence  all  their  white  array  i  [{hine  ! 
How  came  they  to  the  happy  feats 
Of  everlafting  day  ? 
2  From  tort'rin^  pains  to  endlefs  joys,  ^ 
On  fiery  wheels  they  rode, 
And  fcrangely  wafh'd  their  raiment  whitte; 
In  Jefus  dving  blood. 

Pv 


1 94  HYMN     ly 

3  Now  they  approach  a  fpotlefs  God, 

And  bow  before  his  thrcfne  ; 
Their  warbling  harps  and  facred  fongs 
Adore  the  Holy  One. 

4  The  unveii'd  glories  of  his  face 

Among  his  faints  re/:de; 
While  the  rich  treafurc  of  his  grace 
Sees  all  their  wants  fupply'd. 

5  Tormenting  third  (hall  leave  their  fouls, 

And  hung*  r  flee  as  fa  ft  •, 
1  he  fruit  of  life's  immortal  tree 
Shall  be  their  fv/eet  repaft. 

6  The  Lamb  {hall  lead  his  heav'nly  flock 

Where  living  fountains  rife  ; 
And  love  divine  [hall  wipe  away 
The  forrows  of  their  eyes. 

Watti. 


|>JHItn  CCXLL     Long  Metre,     Z%3 

Tbe  Voice  cf  Nature. 

THE  fpacious  firmament  on  high, 
Y\  ith  all  tl>e  blue  etherial  fky  •, 
And  fpangled  heavens  a  (Lining  frame, 
Their  great  Original  proclaim. 

2  Th*  unwearied  fun,  from  day  to  dry, 
Does  his  Creator's  power  difpiay, 
And  publifii£S  to  every  land 

The  work  of  an  Almightj  hand. 

3  Soon  as  the  evening  {"hades  prevail, 
The  moon  takes  up  the  wond'rous  tale* 
And  nightly  to  the  lift'nmg  earth 
Repeats  the  flory  of  her  birth  \ 


H     Y     M     N     S.  195 

4  Whilft  all  the  ftars  that  round  her  burn, 
A. id  all  the  planets  in  their  turn, 
Confirm  the  tidings  as  they  roll, 

And  fpread  the  truth  from  pole  to  pole. 

5  What  though  in  Solemn  Glenee,  all 
Move  round  the  dark  terrellriai  ball  ; 
What  though  no  real  voice  nor  found 
Amidft  their  radiant  orbs  be  found  : 

6  In  reaion's  ear  they  all  rejoice, 
And  utter  forth  a  glorious  voice, 
Forever  finging  as  they  fhine, 
The  hand  that  made  us  is  divine. 

Adbisok. 

$gmn  CCXL1I.     Long  Metre,    [ft  or ;] 

Rzme.r'irancc  cf  Clrijl. 

urTMIIS  do  in  mem'ry  of  your  friend." 

JL       Such  was  the  Saviour's  lait  requeft, 
Who  all  the  pangs  of  death  endur'd, 
That  we  might  live  forever  Weft. 

2  Yes,  we'll  record  thy  matchleis  love, 
Thou  dearcft,  tend'reft,  beft  of  friends  ! 
Thy  dying  iove  the  nobleft  praife 

Of  long  eternity  tranfeends. 

3  Tis  pleafure,  more  than  earth  can  give, 
Thy  gobdnefs  through  thefe  vales  to  Cos ; 
Thy  table  food  celellial  yields, 

And  happy  they  who  fit  with  thee. 

4  But  oh  !  what  vafh  tranfporting  joys 
Shall  fill  our  breafts,  our  tongues  infplre, 
When  join'd  with  the  celeftial  train, 
Our  grateful  fouls  thy  love  admire  ! 

5  When  thefe  vile  bodies,  all  refm'd, 
Perfect  and  glorious  as  thy  own, 


it>5  HYMN     5. 

Unwearied  (hall  our  minds  obey, 
And  join  in  worfhip  near  thy  throne. 

fpgmn  CCXLIil.  Common  Metre,  [*  or  i>] 

77 .-    Teflimony  of  a  good  Conjlifnce. 

THOUGH  frightful fnarcsbefet  meround^ 
And  threatening  billows  roll ; 
Though  fcandal  and  reproach  abound, 
To  vex  my  weary  foul  ; 

2  A  conference  pure  can  teftify 

My  heart  to  be  Gncere  ; 
Prefumption  and  hypocrify 
All  hateful  ftill  appear. 

3  My  feet  have  kept  the  path  divine, 

Though  Tinners  did  entice, 
Nor  do  I  yet  from  thence  decline, 
To  tread  the  paths  of  vice. 

4  God's  word  I  treafure  up,  and  prize 

Beyond  all  earthly  good  ; 
Compar'd  with  this,  I  may  defpife 
My  necefiary  food. 

5  Cenforious  men  who  dwell  at  eafe, 

May  proudly  on  me  tread ; 
My  Saviour,  whom  I  feek  to  pleafe, 
My  righteous  caufe  will  plead. 

6  His  righteoufnefs  I  mall  behold, 

When  light  fprings  from  above  ; 
And,  try'd,  1  (hall  come  forth  as  gold, 
To  praife  his  wond'rous  love. 

^gmnCCXLIV.     Long  Metre.    [fcorp] 

Cbrij}  the  Image  of  the  Invifibls  Cod. 

«npiKOU,  Lord,  by  mortal  eyes  unfeen, 
X        And  by  thy  cfFspiinghere,  unknown, 


H     Y     M    N    S.  ir 

To  manifeft  thyfelf  to  men, 
Haft  fet  thy  image  in  thy  Son. 

2  A*  the  bright  fun's  mcridiaii  blaz? 
Overwhelms  and  pains  our  feeble  fight, 
But  cheers  us  with  his  fofter  rays 
When  (hining  wirh  reflected  light  ; 

3  So  in  thy  Son  thy  power  divine, 
Thy  wifdom,  juftice,  truth  and  love 
With  mild  and  pleating  luftre  Qrine, 
Reflected  from  thy  throne  above. 

4  Though  harden'd  Jews  denied  his  claim, 
And  turn'd  away  their  fcornful  face; 
Yet  thdfe  who  truited  in  his  name, 
Beheld  in  him  thy  truth  and  grace. 

5  O  thou,  at  whofe  almighty  word 

F  ur  light  at  firft  from  darknefs  (hone. 
Give  us  to  know  our  glorious  Lord, 
And  fee  the  Father  in  the  Son. 

6  Whilft  we,  thine  image  there  diiphy'd, 
Y»rith  love  and  admiration  view, 
Form  us  in  likenefs  to  our  head, 
That  we  may  bear  thy  image  too. 

Mason,  altered. 

H>gmtl  CCXLV.      Common  Metre.       D] 

GoJoter  Refuge  in  TrMie. 

THOU  refuge  of  my  weary  foul, 
On  thee,  when  farrows  rife, 
On  thee,  when  waves  of  trouble  roil, 
My  fainting  hope  relies. 

2  To  thee  I  tell  each  rifing  grief, 
For  thou  alone  can  it  heal  ; 
R  * 


H     Y     M    N     S: 

Thy  prom!i".js  can  bring  reli 
1  or  every  pain  1  | 

3  But  when  th  y  doubts  prevail, 

to  call  thee 
The  fprings  of  comfort  feem  to  fail, 
And  all  my  hopes  decline. 

4  Yet,  gracious  God,  where  (hall  I  flee  ? 

Thou  art  my  only  truft   *, 
And  itill  my  foul  would  rife  to  thee, 
Though  prourate  in  the  duft. 
£  Haft  thou  not  bid  me  feek  thy  face  ? 
And  (hall  I  feck  in  vain  ? 
And  can  the  ear  of  fov'reign  grace 
Be  deaf  when  1  complain  ? 
(5  Thy  mercy-feat  ij  open  dill, 
There  (hall  my  foul  retreat  *, 
With  humble  hope  attend  thee  (iijl, 
And  wait  beneath  thy  feet. 

Mis.  5i  El 

jjjjmtn  CCXLVL     Tong  Metre. 

Examination. 

fnpHOU  vain  intruding  world  depart  ! 
JL       No  more  allure  or  vex  my  heart  \ 
Let  every  vanity  be  g< 
1  would  be  peace.  [one. 

2  Here  let  me  fearch  my  irnnoft  mind. 
And  try  its  real  ftate  to  find  ; 

The  fecret  fprings  of  thought  explore,  v 
And  call  my  words  anc  o'er- 

3  Rtilecc  how  foon  nv.  .  end, 
And  think  on  what  my  hopes  deper 

\t  aim  my  bufy  thoughts  purfue  ; 
done,  and  w] 


II     Y     M    N     8. 

4  Eternity  is  juft  at  hand  \ 
And  fhall  1  walte  the 

And  carelefs  view  departing  day, 
And  throw  my  fleeting-  tin  : 

5  Be  this  nry  chief,  my  only  care, 
My  high  purfuit,  my  ardent  prayer, 
An  intereit  in  the  Saviour's  blood, 

A  pardon  feai'd,  and  peace  with  God. 

6  Search,  gracious  God,  my  inmoft  heart, 
And  tight,  and  hope,  and  .  >art, 
From  guilt  and  error  fet  me  fi 

And  guide  me  fafe  to  hea  thee, 

•    i 

Dj)|]in  CCXLVII.  Long  Metre.  Wojr^J 

Seeii  •g   Cbi  ifi  i . 

THOU  whom  my  foul  admires  al 
All  earthly  joys  and  earthly  love, 
Tell  me,  my  Shepherd,  let  me  know 
Where  doth  thy  fweeteft  pafiure  gr 
•2  Where  is  the  (haddw  of  that  rock, 
Which  from  the  fun  dc:cv~ 
Fain  would  I  feed  among  th 
Among  them  reft,  among  them  fleep, 

3  The  footfteps  of  thy  flock  I  fee  ; 
Thy  fweeteft  paftures  hers,  they  be  ! 
A  wond"rous  Feaft  thy  kr  .  es, 
Bought  by  thy  wounds,  am  tears, 

4  His  facred  flem  he  makes  my  food, 
And  bids  me  drink  his  precious  blood  ; 
Here  to  this  feaft  my  come, 

pay  Beloved  lead  me  h  : 

Watts, 


*oo  II     Y     M     N     S. 

Pptnh  CCXLVilt.    Long  Metre.  [*oirH 

77<<r  Van'itv  of  Fur '7;;  'without  Virtte, 

TIT  uplifted  eye  and  bended  knee 
Are  but  vain  homage,  Lord,  to  thee  ; 
In  vain  our  lips  thy  praife  prolong, 
The  heart  a  ftranger  to  the  long. 

2  Can  rites,  and  forms,  and  flaming  zeal, 
The  breaches  of  thy  precepts  heai  ? 
Can  fairs  and  penance  reconcile 
Thyjuftice,  and  obtain  thy  fmile  ? 

3  The  pure,  the  humble,  contrite  mind, 
Thankful,  and  to  thy  will  refign'd, 
To  thee  a  nobler  ofPring  yie] 

Than  Sheba's  groves  or  Sharon's  fields ; 

4  Than  floods  of  oil,  or  coftly  wine, 
Rolling  by  thoufands  to  thy  (hrine  5 
Or  than  if  to  thine  altar  led, 

A  firft-born  fon  the  victim  bled. 

5  "  Be  juft  and  kind  and  humble  too, 
In  all  you  fay,  in  all  you  do  ; 

To  men  your  charity  impart, 

And  love  your  God  with  all  your  heart." 

6  This  truth  by  ancient  prophets  given, 
X\zs  by  thy  Son  confirm'd  from  heaven  ; 
And,  deep  engrav'd,  th  is  great  command 
Doth  on  eternal  pillars  (land. 

Reformed  Liturgy. 

Ipglttn  CCXLIX.    Long  Metre.  [*  or  b] 

Loot   to    Go.V  and   Alan. 

THUS  faith  the  firft,the  great  command, 
"  Let  all  thy  inward  powers  unite 
To  love  thy  Maker  and  thy  God 
With  facred  fervour  and  delight. 


H     Y     M     N    S. 

"  Then  (hall  thy  neighbour,  next  in  place, 
Share  thine  affections  and  efteera  ; 

And  let  thy  kindnefs  to  thyfeJf 
Meafure  and  rule  thy  love  to  him.*' 

This  is  the  fenfe  that  Mofes  fpcke  ; 
This  did  the  prophets  preach  and  prove  \ 
For  want  of  this  the  law  is  broL 
And  the  whole  law's  fulfilTd  by  icve. 

But  oh,  how  bale  our  p-fnons  are  ! 
How  cold  our  charity  and  zeal  ! 
Lord,  fill  our  fouls  with  heavenly  fire, 
Or  we  ihall  ne'er  perform  thy  will. 

Watts, 


!J)pmn  CCL.     Long  Metre.     DfcorW 

GoJ  dvUcWi  |   4  y;l  /.-. 

THUS  faith  the  high  and  lofty  One, 
"  I  fit  upon  my  holy  throne  \ 
My  name  is  God,  I  dwell  on  high, 
Dwell  in  my  own  eternity. 
"  But  I  dcfcend  to  worlds  below  \ 
On  earth  I  have  a  manfion  too  j 
The  humble  fpirit  and  contrite 
Is  an  abode  of  my  delight. 
"  The  humble  foul  my  words  revive  ; 
I  bid  the  mourning  finner  live  ; 
Heal  all  the  broken  hearts  I  find, 
And  eafe  the  forrows  of  the  mind. 
"  When  I  contend  againft  their  fin, 
I  make  them  know  how  vile  they've  been  \ 
Put  fnould  my  wrath  forever  fmcke, 
Their  fouls  would  fink  beneath  the  ftroke" 


201  HYMN    S. 

5  O  may  thy  pard'ning  grace  be  nigh, 
Left  we  fhould  faint,  ckfpair  and  die  ; 
Thus  (ball  our  better  thoughts  approve 
The  methods  of  thy  chaft'ning  love. 

Watts. 


Jpgmn  CCLI.     Common.  Metre.   [*ort>] 

Chjrafters  of '  Clrifl.      Ifa.    xlii.      I— 4. 

THUS  faith    the   Lord,    who  built  the 
And  bade  the  planets  roll  ;     [heavens, 
Who  peopled  all  the  climes  of  earth, 
And  formed  the  human  foul  ; 

2  <c  Behold  my  fervant>  fee  him  rife, 

Exalted  in  my  rpight  ; 
Him  have  I  chofen,  and  in  him 
1  place  fupreme  delight. 

3  "  On  him  in  rich  efFufion  pour'd, 

My  Spirit  {hall  defcend  \ 
My  truth  and  judgment  he  (hall  (how 
To  earth's  remoteft  end. 

4  "  Gentle  and  ftill  fhall  be  his  voice  ; 

No  threats  from  him  proceed  ; 
The  fmoking  flax  he  (hail  not  quench, 
Nor  break  the  bruifed  reed. 

5  "The  feeble  fpark  to  flame  he'll  raife  ; 

The  weak  will  not  defpife  ; 
Judgment  (hall  he  bring  forth  to  truth, 
And  make  the  fallen  rife. 

6  ii  The  progrefs  of  his  zeal  and  power 

Shall  never  know  decline, 
Till  foreign  lands  and  diftant  ifles. 
Receive  the  law  divine." 

Scotch  Paraphrafe 


H     Y     M     N     3.  203 

fpmnn  CCLII.  Common  Metre.    It  or  ft 

Children  dci-ci.d  to  God. 

THUS  faith  the  mercy  of  the  Lord, 
"  III  be  a  God  to  thee  ; 
r\\  blefs  thy  numerous  race,  and  they 
Shall  be  a  feed  for  me." 

2  Abrah'm  believ'd  the  promis'd  grace, 

And  gave  his  ions  to  God  ; 
But  water  feals  the  covenant  now, 
Which  then  was  feal'd  with  blood* 

3  Thus  Lydia's  houie  was  fanciify'd, 

When  fhe  receiv'd  the  word  ; 
Thus  the  believing  jailor  gave 
His  houfehold  to  the  Lord. 

4  Thus  do  thy  faints,  O  faithful  God, 

Thine  ancient  truth  embrace  ; 
To  thee  their  infant  bffspring  bring, 
And  humbly  claim  the  grace. 

Watts. 

J.DlJUin  CCLIII.     Long  Metre.     [*orfcJ 

CbriJF*  Ccmrrijpon  to  t reach  ihe  G.fpel. 

THUS  fpake  the  Saviour,  when  he  fent 
His  mnifters  to  preach  his  word  ; 
They  through  the  world  obedient  went, 
And  fpread  the  gofpel  of  their  Lord. 

2  "  Go  forth,  ye  .heralds,  in  my  name, 
Bid  the  whole  earth  my  grace  receive ; 
The  gofpel  jubilee  proclaim, 

And  call  them  to  repent  and  live. 

3  "  The  joyful  news  to  all  impart, 
And  teach  them  where  faivation  lies  ; 
Bind  up  the  broken  bleeding  heart, 
And  wipe  the  tear  from  weeping  eyes. 


2o4  HYMN    S. 

4  u  Be  wife  as  ferpents  where  you  go, 
But  harmlefs  as  the  peaceful  dove  ; 

And  let  your  hcav'n-taught  conduct  fhow 
That  you're  commifTion'd  from  above. 

5  "  Freely  from  me  ye  have  receiv'd  5 
Freely  in  love  to  others  give  ; 

Thus  (hall  your  docTrines  be  believ'd, 
And  by  your  labours,  finners  live. 

6  "  All  power  is  trufted  in  my  hands, 
I  will  proteel  you  and  defend  ; 
Whilit  thus  you  follow  my  commands, 
I'm  with  you  till  the  world  {hall  end." 

7  Happy  thofe  fervants  of  the  Lord, 
Who  thus  their  Matter's  will  obey  ! 
How  rich,  how  full  is  their  reward, 
Rcferv'd  until  the  final  day  ! 

3])gmrt  GCL1V.     Common  Metre.    [*1 

Divine  Goodnefs  to  Man, 

THY  wifdom,  power  and  goodnefs,  Lord* 
In  all  thy  works  appear  ; 
But  man  thy  bounties  mail  record, 
For  thy  diftinguifh'd  care. 

2  From  thee,  the  breath  of  life  we  drew1, 

That  breath  thy  power  maintains  5 
Thy  tender  mercy,  ever  new, 
Oar  brittle  frame  fuftains. 

3  Yet  nobler  gifts  demand  our  praife, 

Of  reafon's  light  poffefs'd  ; 
By  revelation's  brighter  rays 
Still  more  divinely  blett. 

4  Thy  providence  our  conftant  guard, 

W   ken  threat'ning  woes  impend, 


H    Y    M    N    s.  ao$ 

Will  either  threat'ning  dangers  ward, 
Or  timely  fuccours  lend. 

5  On  us  thy  providence  has  fhone 

With  its  propitious  rays  ; 
O  1::  ou  make  known 

Thy  goodn$ffl  and  thy  praife. 

6  All  bounteous  Lord,  thy  grace  impart  •, 

O  teach  us  to  improve 
Thy  gifts  with  ever  grateful  heart, 
And  crown  them  with  thy  love. 

Airs.   Steele. 

JJmm  cclv.    5.  r 

''"ipIS  wifidom's  eameft  cry, 
X      Wifdorn,  the  voice  of  God, 

To  young  and  old,  the  low  and  high, 
She  fpeaka  his  •  'id. 

2  Within  the  hn  :aft 
Her  ftrong  monitions  plead, 

She  thunders  her  divine  protelt 
Againft  th'  unrighteous  de 

3  Within  the 

She  calls  w 
«  j 

Folly's  d< 

I 
In  rr 
Se\ 

5    ••  ■  :de  ; 

-  fprcad  within  ; 

(ide^ 
Ai  Qa. 

S 


2o6  HYMN    S, 

6  "  My  joys  unfenfual  tafte, 
Come  drink  of  wifdom's  wine  ; 

No  forrow  poifons  my  repaft, 
The  banquet  is  divine. 

7  cc  My  ways  are  ways  of  peace  ; 
My  pleafures  never  cloy  j 

The  blifs  I  give  will  never  ceafe, 
But  lead  to  cndlefs  joy." 

Scott,  varied. 


J£pmn  CCLVI.     Short  Metre.      [#} 

Prefcrvinv   Grace. 

TO  God,  the  only  wife, 
Our  Saviour  and  our  King, 
Let  all  the  faints  below  the  fkies 
Their  humble  praifes  bring. 

2  'Tis  his  almighty  love, 
His  counfel  and  his  care, 

Preferves  us  fafe  from  fin  and  death, 
And  every  hurtful  fnare. 

3  He  will  prefent  our  fouls, 
Unblemifh'd  and  complete, 

Before  the  glory  of  his  face, 
With  joys  divinely  great, 

4  Then  all  the  chofen  feed 
Shall  meet  around  the  throne  -, 

Shall  blefs  the  conduct  of  his  grace, 
And  make  his  wonders  knovv  a 

5  To  our  Redeemer,  God, 
Wifdom  and  power  belongs, 

Immortal  crowns  of  majefty, 
And  evcrlafting  fangs. 


HYMN    S.  207 

rpmnn     CCLVII.      Long     Metre.    [*] 

Divine  PreftrvatioH. 

TO  heaven  my  grateful  foul  afcends, 
On  God  alone  for  help  depends  j 
His  hand  is  my  perpetual  guard, 
His  grace  the  fource  of  my  reward. 
1  The  fpreading  fides,  by  power  divine, 
In  all  their  radiant  glories  ihine  ; 
From  his  command,  the  folid  earth 
And  all  its  (tores  derived  their  birth. 

3  Infpected  by  his  piercing  eyes, 

No  threat'mng  fnares  my  foui  furprize  ^ 
My  faithful  guardian  never  fleeps  ; 
My  trembling  feet  he  fafely  keeps. 

4  Protected  by  his  powerful  arm, 
Should  dreadful  fcenes  our  fouls  alarm, 
Our  lives   are  fafe  ;  his  heavenly  care 
Defends  us  ft  ill  from  every  fnare. 

5  He  guides  our  feet,  directs  our  way, 
His  morning  fmiles  enliven  day  \ 

And  when  the  fun  withdraws  the  light, 
His  prefence  cheers  the  (hades  of  night. 

Liverpool  CoLJeclicn. 

rptnrm   CCLVin.    Long  Metre.     [*] 

Communion  -with  Cbrift* 

TO  Jefus,  cur  exalted  Lord, 
That  name,  in  heaven  and  earth  ador'd, 
Fain  would  our  hearts  and  voices  raife 
A  cheerful  forg  of  facred  praife. 
2  But  all  the  notes  which  mortals  know 
Are  weak,  and  languifliingj  and  low  i 


ic3  H     Y     M     N     S. 

JFarj  far  above  our  humble  for 

The  theme  demands  immortal  tongues. 

3  Yet  whilft  around  his  board  we  meet, 
And  wo:^    ip  red  feet, 

O  let  out  warm  affe&ions  move, 
In  glad  returns  of  grateful  love. 

4  Yes,  Lord,  we  loye  and  we  adore, 
But  long  to  know  and  Icve  thee  more  ; 
And  wliiltt  we  taiie  the  bread  and  wine, 
Defire  to  feed  on  joys  divine. 

5  Let  faith  our  feeble  fenfes  aid, 

To  fee  thy  wond'rous  love  difplay'd  $ 
Thy  broken  fiefli,  thy  bleeding  veins, 
Thy  dreadful  agonizing  pains. 

6  Let  humble  penitential  woe, 

With  painful,  pleating  anguilh  flow  ; 
And  thy  forgiving  lovz  impart, 
Life,  hope  and  joy  to  every  heart. 

Mrs.   Steelz. 


Dmnn     CCLIX.      Long    Metre. 

TO  Tcfus,  our  victorious  Lord, 
1  he  praifes  of  our  lives  belong  ; 
Forever  be  •  ador'd, 

The  fubje&  of  e*  •  ful  fong. 

iflavM  by  G 

His 

To  :  ng  prey. 

,  though  he  fe] 
j 


H     Y     M     N     S.  209 

Hs  triumph'd  o'er  the  powers  of  hell, 
And,  by  his  dyin  uifliid  death. 

4  Now  on  his  Father's  throne  he  reigns, 

all  the  tuneful  choir  above 
Refoun<  immortal  (trains, 

The  praifes  of  victorious  love. 

5  Though  ftill  furviving  foes  arife, 
Temptations,  Gn$,  and  doubts  appear, 
And  pain  our  hearts,  and  fill  our  eyes, 
With  many  a  groan,  and  many  a  tear  ; 

5  Still  lh-'il  we  fight,  and  ftill  prevail, 
In  our  almighty  Leader's  name  ; 
His  ftrength,  whene'er  our  fpirits  fail, 
Shall  all  our  active  powers  inflame. 
7  Immortal  honours  wait  above, 

crown  the  dying  ConqVor's  brow  5 
And  endlefs  peace,  and  joy,  and  love, 
For  the  fhort  war  futtain'd  below. 

Mrs.  Steele. 

$>2tW)  CCLX.       Long  Metre.      D3 

The  Lord's    Supper. 

'np'VAS  on  that  dark  and  doleful  night, 

JL      When  powers  of  ear^h  and  hell  arofe 
Againft  the  Son  cf  God's  delight, 

friends  betrayed  him  to  his  foes. 

2  Before  the  mournful  fcene  began, 

He  took  the  bread,  and  bleft,  and  brake  ; 
What  love  through  all  his  actions  ran  ; 
What  wond'rous  words  of  grace  he  fpake  ! 

3  w  This  is  my  body,  broke  for  fin, 
Receive  and  eat  the  living  food  f 

S   2 


aio  ]{     Y     M     N     fc 

Then  t^ok  the  cup,  and  blcft  the  wine, 
"  Tis  the  blood." 

4  Ci  In  mem'r  -rd, 

! ) )  tl  ...ill  end  ; 

\1." 
fqs,  thy  i   . 

■  g  thy  name  ; 
Till  thou  retui  n,  and  cat 

The  inarri:  .      a  nib. 


' 


DtmU)  CCLXI.    Com 

AVto   Birth, 

V  hopes  the  Tons  of  men 

On  their  own  works  have  built  j 
The  carnal  mind  is  all  unclean, 
And  all  its  actions  guilt. 
2  L°  ;  Gentile  (top  their  mouth, 

Witliout  a  murn.  rd  ; 

am  ft  and 
Gv.  he  Lord. 

l  vain  we  aik  (  ighteous  law 

ii,  to  coi  d  to  condemn 

do. 

-  ail  the  oi  on  e^rth, 

Noi  tve  j 

Nor  will  of  men,  nor  .  -r  birth, 

The  I  :ve. 

nly  wind, 


H     Y     M     N     B.  .11 

he  heart,  renews  the  mind, 
And  forms  the  man  afrefh. 

Our  quick'ned  fouls  awake,  and  rit'e 

From  the  long  fleep  of  deal 
To  h-  urn  our  eyes, 

And  praiie  employs  our  breath. 

i »  fins  and  follies  of  our  mind 
Are  crucify'd  and  dead  -, 

Loly  love  our  fouls  are  join'd 
To  Cfcrift  our  living  Head. 

:~d  from  Wati  :. 


])Vm\\  CCLXII.      Long  Metre.      1,1 

UNVEIL  thy  bofom,  faithful  tomb, 
Take  this  new  rail ; 

':s  room 
To  number  in  snt  duft. 

pain,  no  grief,  no  anxious  fear 
Invade  thy  bounds  ;   no  mortal  wees 
.  the  pea  per  here, 

Whilft  angels  watch  its  foft  repoie. 

So  Jefus  flept ;  God's  dying  Son 

Pan  through  the  grave  ana  c 

Then  reft,  dear  faint,  till  ire  .rone 

The  morning  break,  and  pierce  the  (ha 

Break  from  h:s  thr  :r:ous  morn  ! 

Attend,  O  grave,  his  fov'reign  word  ! 
Reitore  thy  truit  ;  the  glorious  form 
then  arife  to  -  Lord, 


H     Y     M    N    S. 
Pgmn  CCLXIII.     Short  Metre.    [*] 

The  li/nd**  P<iy. 

-T7JTELCOME,  thou  day  of  reft, 
V?       I  hat  faw  the  Lord  arifc  j 
•  >me  to  this  reviving  breaft, 
And  thefe  rejoicing  eyes. 

2  The  King  him  felt  comes  near 
n  i    feaft  his  faints  to  day  ; 

Here  we  may  fit,  and  fee  him  here, 
And  love  and  praife  and  pray. 

3  One  day  amidft  the  place, 
Where  Jefus  is  within, 

Is  better  than  ten  thoufand  days, 
Of  pieafure  and  of  fin. 

4  My  willing  foul  would  ftay 
In  fuch  a  frame  as  this, 

Till  it  is  call'd  to  foar  away 
To  everl ailing  bias. 

Watt 5,  varied. 


Jtn  CCLXIV.     Common  Metre.    [*] 

77v    V%Bory  and  Dominion  cf  Chrifi. 

^%'^TE  fir.g  our  Saviour's  wond'rous  death, 
V  V      He  conquer'd  when  he  fell  ; 
1  is  fmifh'd,"  laid  his  dying  breath, 
And  (hook  the  gates  of  hell. 

2  u  "Tis  fimfh'd,"  our  Immanuel  cries, 

The  mighty  work  is  done  ; 
Hence  (hall  his  fov'reign  throne  arifc, 
His  kingdom  is  begun. 

3  A  perfon  fo  divine  was  he, 

Who  yielded  to  be  flain, 


HYMNS.  2r3 

That  he  could  give  his  life  away, 
And  take  his  life  again. 

4  His  crofs  a  fure  foundation  laid 

For  glory  and  renown  ; 
When  through  the  regions  of  the  dead 
He  pafs'd,  to  reach  the  crown. 

5  Exalted  at  his  Father's  fide, 

Sits  our  victorious  Lord  ; 
His  faints  from  finners  to  divide, 
To  punim  or  reward.  ■ 

6  Live,  glorious  Lord,  and  reign  above, 

And  every  tongue  fhall  fing 
The  riches  of  eternal  love, 
The  conqueft  of  our  King. 

Watts,  varied. 

fpgmn  CCLXV.     Com.  Metre.    C*or&] 

Rc-j'isnathn  in    Dzatb. 

WHAT  cannot  refignation  do  ? 
It  wonders  can  perform  \ 
That  powerful  charm,  "Thy  will  be  done/' 
Can  lay  the  ioudeft  ftorm. 

2  Hafte,  then,  O  refignation,  hade, 

Tis  thine  to  reconcile 
The  mind  to  death  ;  at  thy  approach 
The  monfter  wears  a  fmile. 

3  What  fight  beneath  the  arch  of  heaven 

Has  mod  of  heaven  to  boafl  ? 
The  dying  faint,  refign'd,  ferene, 
And  giving  up  the  ghoft. 

4  O  for  that  fummit  of  my  wifh, 

Whiift  yet  I  draw  my  breath, 
That  fcretafte  of  eternal  life, 
A  glorious  fmile  in  death  ! 

Yov 


ii4  H     Y     M     N    S. 

ij)gmn  CCLXVI.     Common  Metre.   [*] 

Gratitude  for  divine  Mercies,     Part  I. 

WHEN  all  thy  mercies,  O  my  God, 
My  rifing  foul  furveys, 
Tranfported  with  the  view,  I'm  loft 
In  wonder,  love  and  praife. 

2  Thy  providence  my  life  fuftain'd, 

And  all  my  wants  redrefs'd, 
When  in  the  filent  womb  i  lay, 
Or  hung  upon  the  breail. 

3  To  all  my  weak  complaints  and  cries 

Thy  mercy  lent  an  ear, 
Er'e  yet  my  feeble  thoughts  had  learn'ci 
To  form  themfelves  in  prayer. 

4  Unnumbered  comforts  on  my  foul 

'er  care  beitow'd  ; 
Befor"  my  infant  heart  conceiv'd 
From  wh  >m  thofe  comforts  fiow'd. 

5  When  in  the  flipp'ry  paths  of  youth 

With  heediefs  ftejps  I  ran, 
Thin  nfeen  convey' d  me  fafe, 

And  fed  me  up  to  man. 

6  Through  hi<  den  dangers,  toils  and  death, 

erltly  dear'd  my  way  •, 
And  through  the  pleafing  fcenes  of  vice 
:;  thoufands  go  aftray. 

Addison. 

fpgmn  CCLXVII.     Common  Metre.  C*J 

,    -  me  Monies.     Part  II. 

WHEN  pale  with  ficknefs,  oft  haft  thou 
With  health  ruicw'd  my  face  \ 
And  when  in  fin  rmd  forrow  funk, 
Revived  my  foul  with  grace. 


H    Y    M     N     S. 

2  Thy  bounteous  hand  with  worldly  good 

Has  made  my  cup  run  o'er  ; 
And  in  a  kind  and  faithful  friend 
Haft  doubled  all  my  (tore. 

3  Ten  thoufand  thoufand  precious  gifts 

My  daily  thanks  employ  ; 
Nor  is  the  lead  a  cheerful  heart, 
That  taftes  thofe  gifts  with  joy. 

4  Through  ev'ry  period  of  my  life, 

Thy  goodnefs  1 11  purfue  5 
And  after  death,  in  diftant  worlds, 
The  glorious  theme  renew, 

5  When  nature  fails,  and  day  and  night 

Divide  the  time  no  more, 
My  ever  grateful  heart,  O  Lord, 
Thy  mercy  (hall  adore. 

6  Through  all  eternity  to  thee 

A  joyful  fong  I'll  raife  \ 
For  O   eter  dtys  too  iliort 
To  utter  all  thy  praife. 


|)gnW  CCLXVIII.    Common  Metre; 

WHEN  verdure  clothes  the  fertile  vale, 
Andblofibms  deck  the  fpray  ; 
i  fragrance  breathes  rn  eve. 
How  fweef  the  (  v  ! 

2  Harl 

So: 

>ods  and  G 


216  HYMNS. 

3  How  kind  the  influence  of  the  fkies  ! 

The  fhowers,  with  blefimgs  fraught, 
Bid  verdure,  beauty,  .fragrance  rife, 
And  fix  the  roving  thought. 

4  Then  let  my  wond'ring  heart  confefs, 

"With  gratitude  and  love, 
The  bounteous  hand  that  deigns  to  blefs 
The  garden,  field  and  grove. 

5  That  bounteous  hand  my  thoughts  adore, 

Beyond  expreffion  kind, 
Hath  better,  nobler  gifts  in  (lore, 
To  blefs  the  craving  mind. 

6  O  God  of  nature  and  of  grace, 

Thy  heavenly  gifts  impart  ! 
Then  (hall  my  meditation  trace 
Spring,  blooming  in  my  heart  ! 

7  Infpir'd  to  praife,  I  then  (hall  jcin 

Glad  nature's  cheerful  fong, 
And  love  and  gratitude  divine 
Attune  my  joyful  tongue. 

Mrs.  Stzzlz. 

3J)gmn  CCLXIX.     Common  Metre,    [ft] 

Strength  from   Cod. 

WHENCE  do  our  mournful  tho'ts 
And  where's  our  courage  fled  ? 
Has  reftlefs  fin  and  hopelefs  fear 
Struck  all  our  comforts  dead  ? 

2  Have  we  forgot  th'  Almighty  ha 

That  fornrd  the  earth  and  : 
Or  C2n  the  all-creating  arm, 
Grow  weary,  or  decay  ? 

3  Trcafures  of  everlafting  might 

In  our  Jehovah  dwell ; 


H     Y     M     N    S.  217 

He  gires  the  conqueft  to  the  weak, 
And  treads  their  foes  to  hell. 
A  Mere  mortal  power  fhall  fade  and  die, 
i  id  youthful  vigour  ceafe  ; 
But  they  who  wait  upon  the  Lord 
Shall  find  their  flrength  increafe. 
5  The  faint  (hall  mount  on  eagles'  wings, 
And  tafte  the  promised  blifs, 
'Till  their  unwearied  feet  arrive 
Where  perfect  plea  Cure  is. 

Watt* 

tin  CCLXX*     Common  Metre.    C*3 

'•  Death,  through  Cbrift. 

WHEN  death  appears  before  my  Gght, 
In  all  his  dire  array, 
Unequal  to  the  dreadful  fight, 
I  j  courage  dies  awy 

2  He  et  this  potent  foe, 

Whofe  frown  my  foul  alarms  i 
Dark  he  upon  his  brow  ! 

An  its  his  arms  ! 

3  But  fee  my  glorious  Leader  nigh  ! 

^  ir  lives  •, 

Before  him  d  Je  terrors  fly, 

And  my  faintheart  revives. 

4  Jefus,  be  thou  my  fare  defence, 

er  near ; 

h  over  fenfe, 
And  never  yield  to  fear. 

5  O  may  I  meet  the  final  hour 

b  fortitude  divine  ; 
ain^d  by  tl  ighty  power, 

The  conqueft  muft  be  mine. 
T 


H     5f    M    N 

6  Lord,  I  commit  my  fuul  to  thee, 

Accept  the  facred  truil  ; 
Receive  this  nobler  part  cf  me, 
And  watch  my  fleeping  dud  ; 

7  Till  that  illuftrious  morning  come, 

When  all  thy  faints  ihall  rife, 
And,  cloth'd  in  thine  immortal  bio  cm  ? 
Attend  thee  to  the  Ikies. 

8  O  let  me  join  their  raptur'd  lays  ; 

And,  with  the  blifsful  throng, 
Refound  falvation,  power  andpraife 


In  everiafting  long. 


Mrs.  '- 


lZ£X\n  CCLXXI.     Long  Metre.     [*] 

Ctrjft  the  Life  of  the  Soul. 

"TXT HEN  doubts  and  fears  prevailing  rifey 

V  V     And  fainting  hope  almoft  expiree 
Jefus,  to  thee,  I  lift  mine  eyes, 
To  thee  I  breathe  my  ftrong  defires. 

2  Art  thou  not  mine,  my  living  Lord  ? 
And  can  my  hope,  my  comfort  die, 
Fix'd  on  thine  everiafting  word, 

That  word  which  built  the  er.rrh  2nd  fty  ) 

3  If  my  irrirhor  ..vcs, 
Then  my  immortal  hope  is  lure  ; 
His  w<>rd  a  firm  foundation  gives  ; 
Here  let  .re. 

vli  i 
Ini)  le  the  promife  ftands  ; 

Not  ail  the  powers  of  earth  and  hell 
n  e'erdiffolve  the  (acred  bands. 


HYMN    S. 

death  itfelf,  the  laft  of  foes, 
Shall  break  a  union  fo  divine.         Mrs.  Steele 

Ipgmn  CCLXXII.    Common  Metre,    Lb] 

Thirfirg  after  God.      Ifaiah  xli,  17. 

WHEN  fainting  in  the  fultry  wafte, 
And  parch'd  with,  thirft  extreme^ 
1  he  weary  pilgrim  longs  to  tafte 
The  cool  ref refhing  lire  am  ; 

2  Should,  fudden  to  his  hopclefs  eye, 

A  cryftal  fpring  appear, 
How  would  the  enlivening,  fweet  funply 
His  drooping  fpirit  cheer  ! 

3  So  longs  the  weary  fainting  mind, 

Opprefs'd  with  fins  and  woes, 
Seme  foul-reviving  fpring  to  find, 
Whence  heav'niy  comfort  flows. 

4  Thus  fweet  the  confutations  are 

The  promifes  impart  ; 
Here  flowing  ftreams  of  life  appear. 
To  eafe  the  panting  heart. 

5  O  when  I  third  for  thee,  my  God, 

M  ith  ardent  fir  on  g  defire, 
And  (till,  through  all  this  defart  road, 
To  tafte  thy  grace,  afpire  \ 

6  Then,  let  my  prayer  to  thee  afcend, 

A  grateful  facrifice  ; 
My  plaintive  voice  thou  wilt  attend, 
And  grant  me  full  iupplies. 

Mrs.  Step lf. 

J£)gmn  CCLXXIII.  Com.  Metre,  [*ort>] 

Yve  Difcipline  of  God's  Providence, 

WHEN  i  review  the  crooked  ways, 
Through  which  my  feet  have  trodj 


H     Y     M     N    S. 

I  find  inceffant  caufe  to  blefs 
And  love  my  guardian  God. 

2  Through  all  the  labyrinth  of  life, 

My  fully  he  purfu'd  ; 
My  wand'ring  heart  to  qu;ck  return, 
How  tenderly  he  woo'd  ! 

3  I  rarely  plann'd,  but  caufe  I  found 

My  plan's  defeat  to  bleft  *, 
Oft  I  lamented  an  event 

Which  turn'd  to  my  fuccefs. 

4  When  labouring  under  fancy'd  ill, 

My  faints  to  fuftain  ; 
He  kindly  cur'd  with  wholefome  draughts 
Of  unaffected  pain. 

5  Sometimes  he  brought  me  near  to  death. 

And,  pointing  to  the  grave, 
Made  terror  whuper  kind  advi 
And  taught  the  tomb  to  fave. 

6  To  raife  my  thoughts  beyond  where  wr. 

As  fpangles  o'er  us  {hi 
One  day  he  gave,  and  made  the  nt 
My  foul's  delight  refign. 

7  From  what  feem'd  honor  and  defpair, 

The  richeft  Barveft  rofe  •, 
And  gave  me  in  the  will  dh  ine, 
An  abiblute  repofe. 

W\n  CCLXXIV.     Long  Metre. 

■ 

"^T^^'HEN  I  furvey  the  :ky 

V  V      On  which  the  Ki 

gain  I  count  but  1c 
contempt  on  all  my 


H     Y     M    N    S.  2:1 

It,  Lord,  that  I  fhould  boaft, 
it  in  the  death  of  Chrift,  my  God  ; 
All  the  vain  things  that  ch;;rm  me  molt, 
I  facrifice  them  to  his  blood. 

from  his  head,  his  hands,  his  fee  t, 
Sorrow  and  love  flow  mingled  down  : 
Did  e'er  fuch  love  and  forrow  meet  ? 
Or  thorns  compofe  fo  rich  a  crown  ? 
4  His  dying  crimfon,  like  a  robe, 

Spreads  o'er  his  body  on  the  tree  ; 
Then  am  I  dead  to  all  the  globe, 
And  all  the  globe  is  dead  to  me. 
:  Were  the  whole  realm  of  nature  mine, 
That  were  a  prefent  far  too  (mall  ; 
Love  fo  amazing,  fo  divine, 

Demands  my  foul,  my  life,  my  all. 

Watts. 

pgmRCCLXXy.   Com. Metre.  [*«WI 

Tjujlin  Cod\  Word. 

WHEN  fin  and  forrow,  fear  and  pain 
My  trembling  heart  difm:  y, 
My  feeble  ftrength,  alas,  how  vain, 
It  finks  and  dies  away. 

2  My  fpirit  afks  a  firmer  prop  ; 

I  lean  upon  the  Lord  *, 
My  God,  the  pillar  of  my  hope 
Is  thy  unchanging  word. 

3  On  this  are  built  the  brighteft  joys 

Celeftial  beings  know  ; 
And  'tis  the  fame  almighty  voice 
Supports  the  faints  below. 

4  Tis  this  upholds  the  rolling  fpheres, 

And  heavVs  immortal  frame  j 
T    2 


II     Y     M     N    S. 

Then  let  my  foul  fupprcfs  her  fears, 
My  bafis  is  the  fame. 

1  Thy  facred  word,  thy  folemn  oath 

Forever  mult  remain  ; 
I  truft  in  everlafting  truth, 
Nor  (hall  my  trult  be  vain. 

Mrs.  Steele. 

5gSm  CCLXXVI.  Com.  Metre.   [ 

Rc[>eiitanct  and  Put  Jon.      Ifaiah  1\\ 

WHEN  fmners  quit  their  wicked  ways, 
Their  evil  thoughts  forego, 
The  God  to  whom  their  fteps  return 
Returning  grace  will  fliow. 

2  He  pardons  with  o'erf! owing  love  5 

For,  hear  the  voice  divine  ; 
"My  nature  is  not  like  to  yours, 
Nor  like  your  ways  are  mine. 

3  "'But  far  as  heaven's  refplendent  orbs 

Beyond  this  earth  extend  ; 
So  far  my  thoughts,  fo  far  my  ways 
Your  thoughts  and  ways  tranfeend. 

4  "Like  as  the  mowers  from  heaven  diitil, 

Nor  thither  rife  again, 
But  fwell  the  earth  with  fruitful  juice, 
And  all  its  tribes  fuftain  ; 

5  "So  not  a  word  that  flows  from  me 

Shall  ineffectual   fa 
But  univerfal  nature  prove 
Obedient  to  my  call. 

6  "  Where  briars  grew  in  barren  wilds, 

Shall  firs  am, 
Aird  nature  through  her  utmoit  bounds 
Eternal  praifes  iing  " 

Scotch  Paraphrase*. 


\      M 

I 

irt  ; 

3 

4  What  I 

: 

.;-  truft  ? 

I  la 

Lord,  is  it  i.  ray 

afion  of  tl 
6  Let  tl  .n 

oi  love  ; 

;  bove. 

CCLXXVIIL  Common  N 

The  *PUa  ..-  m, 

WIN  true  religion  <: 
And  lives  within  the  onis^j 
The  ki  [ubdu'd  by  grace, 


ft*4  H     Y     M    N     S. 

2  The  de&rt  blooms  in  Iivin 

Where  chorus  ?md  briars  grew  ; 
The  barren  wafte  is  fruitful  feen, 
And  ail  the  profpeft  new. 

3  The  dorms  of  rugged  winter  ceafe, 

The  frozen  powers  revive  -, 
Spring  blooms  without,  within  is  peace  c> 
All  nature  feems  alive. 

4  O  happy  chrifthn,  richly  blefs'd  ! 

Vv  hat  pie  ifurt  roll  ! 

Bv  G    I  j    id  rpan  he  (lands  co 
In  dfignity  ol  (o\ 

5  Subibntir.L  pure,  his  every  joy  •, 

His  Maker  ;  nd  ; 

The  nobicil  bufmefs  his  employ, 
And  happmefs  his  end  ! 

6  Ye  feniuai,  world!/,  proud  and  vain, 

Your  airy  good  purine  j 
Let  rne  religion's  pleafi   i 
Til  leave  the  world  to  you. 


nnCCLXXIX.  Com.  Metre.  1% 

Tbe  la 

TXT  HEN  wild  confufion  wrecks  the  air, 

V  ?       And  temped  s  rend  the  tkies  ; 
"Whilft  biended  rum,  clouds  and  lire 
In  hai  -i 

2  Safe  in  my  Saviour's  love  I'll  (land, 

And  ftrifce  a  tunc' 
My  harp  all  trcnibiing  in  my  hand, 
\\  my  tc  i  [ 

3  I'll  ud,  "  Ye  thunders  roll. 


H     T     M    N    S. 

Y 

Ar 

5  "  ( 

; 

Iptun::  cc       ■  ... 

V  V  ad  : 

! 

..:- 


H    Y     M     N    S. 

5  Letath'ifts  feoff,  and  Jews  bhfpheme  ■ 
Th'  eternal  lifer  and  Jems'  name  •> 

Yet  our  immortal  hopes  arc  laid 
In  thee,  our  fare  lit  head. 

6  Tby  crefs,  thy  cradle,  and  thy  throne 

re  full  of  glories,  yet  unknown  ; 
T  is  heaven  on  earth,  'tis  heaven  above 5 
1c  fee  thy  face,  to  fmg  thy  love. 

V.'atts. 

$p|>m!l  CCLXXXI.  Com.  Metre.  [Korfl 

Mercy  before    Sua  rj/ce. 

TI J  HEREWITH  {hall  guilty  man  appear 

V\      Before  Jehoyah'8  throne  j 
Or  how  procure  thy  kind  regard, 
And  for  his  fins  atone  ? 

2  Shall  altars  flame,  and  viclims  bleed, 

And  fpicy  fumes  afcend  ? 
Will  thefe  our  earned:  wifh  faceted, 
And  make  cur  God  our  friend  ? 

3  Should  thoufand  rams  in  flames  expire, 

Would  thefe  thy  favours  buy  ? 
Or  oil   that  mould  for  holy   I 
Ten  thcufand  ilreams  fupply  : 

4  With  trembling  hands  and  bleeding  heart 

Should  we  our  offspring  flay  -> 
Would  this  atone  for  ill— cl  I 
And  take  our  guilt  away  ? 
<j  "No,  faith  the  Lord,  'tis  fruitlefs  all, 
Such  coftly  rites  are  vain  ; 
No  yi&ims  from  the  field  or  ftall 
My  favour  can  obtain. 
6  "But  truth  to  men  and  juftice  fhew, 
.  proofs  of  mercy  give  ; 


HYMNS, 

Then  humbly  walk  with  God  below, 
And  you  with  God  lb  all  live. 

"Hands  that  are  clean,  and  hearts  fincete, 

I  never  will  defpife  ; 
And  cheerful  duty  will  prefer 
To  cottiy  facrifice." 

.rpocl  Colleiticn. 


fOVmn  CCLXXXII.  Common  Metre.  [•>•■] 

The  Nativity  ■/  Chiifl. 

WHILST  i:  .lid  their  flocks 

by  night, 
Near  Bethle'm's  happy  ground* 

The  anr;€l  of  the  Lord  came  down, 
And  glory  (none  around. 

2  "  Fear  not,"  faid  he,  (for  mighty  dread 

Had  feiz'd  their  tl 
M  Glad  tidings  of  great  joy  I  brin^ 
To  you  and  ail  mankind. 

3  "To  you,  in  David's  town,  this  day 

Is  born*  of  David's  \\n~- 
The  Sa-  ift  the  Lordj 

And  this  (hall  be  the  Ggn  : 

4  "The  heav'nly  Bnbj  you  there  i" 

To  human  view   :.. 
Bur  meanly  wrapt  in  fwathing-ban 
Add  in  a  manger  laid-" 

5  Thu^  i;.  itrJI 

l  a  (Killing 
Of  angels,  praifmg  GcA,  a 
Addrefs'd  th  .1  forig  : 

6  w  All  glo 

And  to  rite  earth  be  pcdCu  ' 


228  HYMN     S. 

Good  will  henceforth  from  heaven  to  men 
Begin  and  never  ceafe  !" 

Patrick,  or  Tate, 


JjJgtnnCCLXXXIII.  LtmgMetre.  I 

rce  of  Confc't : 

WHILST  fame  in  folly's  ptarfore  toll, 
And  feek  the  jo] 
Be  mine  that  Glent  calm  re]  [foul  : 

A  peaceful  confciencc  to  the  la 

2  That  tree  which  bears  immortal  fruit, 
Without  a  eanfcer  at  the  v 

That  Friend  who  never  fails  the  juft, 
When  other  friends  defert  their  tru 

3  With  this  companion  in  the  (hade, 
My  foul  no  more  (hall  be  difmay'd  v 
I  will  defy  the  faidriig] 

And  the  pale  monarch  of  the  tomb* 

4  Though  God  affii£ts,  I'll  not  repii 

'.I  he  noble  ft  comforts  it  ill  are  mine  ; 
Comforts  which  fhall  o'er  death  prevail, 
And  journey  with  me  through  the  vale* 

5  Amidft  the  various  fc  ills,. 
Each  ftroke  fome  kind  defign  fulfils  :. 
And  fhall  1  mun                 v  God, 
When  ibv'reign  iove  directs  the  rod  r 

6  His  hand  will  frr.ooth  my  rugged  way, 
And  lead  me  to  the  re  y  ; 
To  milder  Ikies  and  bri                lias, 
Where  evetlafting  pleaiure 

£nfield*)i  ( 


HYMN    S.  229 

SpjmirtccLXXxiv.  c. 

Det  ■ 

WHILST  thee  I  feet,  protecting  Power  ! 
Be  my  vain  wifhcs  itiil'd  j 
And  may  this  confecrated  hour 
With  better  hopes  be  nir'd. 

2  Thy  love  the  power  of  thought ■  beflow'd, 

To  thee  my  thoughts  would  foar ; 
Thy  mercy  o'er  my  life  has  fiow'd  ; 
That  mercy  I  adore. 

3  In  each  event  of  life,  how  clear 

Thy  ruling  hand  I  fee  ! 
Each  blefling  to  my  foul  more  dear, 
Becaufe  conferral  by  thee. 

4  In  every  joy  that  crowns  my  clays, 

In  every  pain  1  bear, 
My  heart  (hall  find  delight  in  praife, 
Or  feek  relief  in  prayer. 

5  When  gladnefs  wings  my  favoured  hour* 

Thy  love  my  thoughts  (hall  fill  : 
Refign'd,  when  dorms  of  farrow  lower* 
My  foul  (hall  meet  thy  will. 

6  My  lifted  eye  without  a  tear, 

The  gathering  dorm  fn<di  fee  ; 
My  (ledfaft  heart  iha It  know  no  fear  ; 
That  heart  will  reft  on  thee  ! 

u 


-d  H     Y     M     N     S. 

}\mm  CCLXXXV.  Long  Metre.  It  orb] 

K  x.   A  S  I  U  J  7  I  C  -V, 

A  I  *  v  94  n  /■  r  tl :  H  P  M  axeSocil  '1  V. 

WHO,  from  the  (hades  of  gloomy  flight] 
-i)  die  Uft  tear  of  hope  is  fried. 
Can  bid  the  foul  return  to  light, 
Ana  break  the  (lumber  of  the  dead  ? 

>  No  hufrfarl  ikiil  that  heart  can  warm, 
Which  rii'j  coid  biaft  of  nature  froze  ; 
R  cal  to  life  the  periih'd  form  ; 
The  fee  ret  oi  the  grave  diiclofe. 

Butthbtf,  cur  faying  God,  we  know, 
Car.i;  -  mortal  hand  with  power 

To  bid  the  ftagnant  pulfea  flow, 
The  animating  heat  reitore. 

4  Thy  will,  ere  nature's  tutor'd  hand 

Could  with  young  life  thefe  limbs  unfold  ; 
Die  •  trHbil'd  brain  expand, 

'old. 

tni'ng  breath 
loonfeibus  being  raifc  ; 
So  ca  leath 

eall  in  fongs  of  prai 

e   wi4   to  die  is  o 
vl  twice  the  birth  of  life  to  fee  ; 
O  hi  u  m  ftipptiant   at  thy  throne, 

Mi 


. 


H    Y    M    N    S.  ;u 

ipymn  ccLXXXvt.    l, ■.:■,- :si;.rc.  [*] 

Faith  TVw 

WHO  (hall  the  Lord's  elect  condemn  ? 
Tis  God  who  juftirks  their  fouls  : 
And  mercy,  like  a  mighty  itream, 
O'er  all  their  fins  divinely  roils. 

2  Who  (hall  adjudge  the  faints  to  heil  ? 
Tis  Chrift  who  fuiter'd  in  tiwir  Read  ; 
And,  the  faivation  to  fulfil, 

Behold  him  rifing  from  the  dead  ! 

3  He  lives  !  he  lives  !  and  reigns  above, 
Forever  interceding  there  \ 

Who  fhall  divide  us  from  his  love  ? 
Or  what  {hall  tempt  us  to  deipair  I 

4  Shall  pcriecution  or  diftrcf -, 
Famine,  or  fword,  or  nakednefs  ? 

He  who  hath  lov'd  us,  bears  us  through, 
And  makes  us  more  than  concf  rors  too. 

5  Faith  has  an  overcoming  power, 
It  triumphs  in  the  dying  hour  : 
Chrift  is  our  life,  our  joy,  our  hope, 
Nor  can  we  fink  with  fuch  a  prop. 

6  Not  all  that  men  on  earth  can  do, 

Nor  powers  on  high,  nor  powers  below, 
Shall  caule  his  mercy  to  remove, 
Or  wean  our  hearts  from  Chriii  our  love. 

Watt*. 


mnccLXXXVii.  Ccm.Mctrc. ;  \ 

death  and  the  &rfurye&hx, 

WHY  do  we  mourn  departing  friends, 
Or  ihake  at  death's  alarms  ? 
Tis  but  the  voice  that  Tefus  fends, 
To  Call  them  to  his  arms. 


232  H     Y    M    N    S. 

2  Why  mould  we  tremble  to  convey 

Their  bodies  to  the  tomb  ? 
There  jciW  (acred  bod/  lay, 
.'.uu  left  a  k>ng  perfume. 

3  The  graves  of  all  his  faints  he  blefs'd, 

And  foftefiPd  every  bed  : 
Wheie  mould  the  dying  members  reft. 
But  with  the  dying  head  ? 

4  Thence  he  arofe,  afc  ended  high, 

And  fhow'd  our  leet  the  w<iy  ; 
Up  to  the  Lord  our  fielh  ihali  fly, 
At  the  great  riling  day. 

5  Then  fnall  the  lift  loud  tram  pet  found, 

And  bid  our  friends  arife  \ 
Awake,  ye  nations,  from  the  ground; 
Ye  faints,  afc<  -iiies. 

Watts. 


P^ttin  CCLXXXVIII.  Com.  Met.Ltor^ 

Looking  at  Things  unfeen. 

TTTHY  mould  the  world's  alluring  toys 

V  V        Detain  cur  hearts  and  eyes  \ 
Regardjeis  of  immortal  joys, 
And  it  rang-  rs  to  the  ikies  ! 

2  Thefe  tranfient  fcenes  will  icon  decay  ; 

They  fade  upon  the  fight  ; 
Ard  quickly  will  their  brighter  day 
Be  loft  in  endlefs  night. 

3  Their  brighteft  day  !  alas,  how  vain  ! 

With  confeious  frghs  we  own  ; 
Whillt  clouds  of  for  row,  care  and  pain, 
O'er  made  the  fmiling  noon. 

4  O  could  our  thoughts  and.  withes  fly 

Above  thefe  gloomy  ihades, 


K     Y     M    N    S.  233 

To  thofe  bright  worlds  beycnd  the  1" 
Which  forrow  ne'er  invades. 

5  There  joys  unfeen  by  mortal  eyes 

Or  reafbn's  feeble  ray  ; 
la  ever  blooming  profpetl  rife, 
Unconfcious  of  decay. 

6  Lord,  fend  a  beam  of  light  divine 

To  guide  our  upward  aim   ; 

With  one  reviving  ray  of  thine 

Our 'languid  hearts  inflame, 

7  Then  fhall,  on  faith's  fublimeft  wing, 

Our  ardent  v.'iihes  rife, 
To  thofe  bright  fcenes  where  pleafures  fpring 
Immortal  in  the  ikies. 

Mrs.  ?tkelc. 


w 


rppmn  CCLXXXIX.   Long  Metre*    m 

Inert loge. 

"7"  ITH  cheerful  voices  rife  and  fing 
r      The  praifes  of  our  God  and  Bang  ; 

For  he  alone  can  minds  unite, 

And  blcfs  with  Conjugal  delight, 

2  This  wedded  pair,  O  Lord,  infpire 
With  heav'nly  love,  that  facred  fire  ; 
From  this  blelt  moment  may  they  prove 
The  blifs  divine  of  marriage  lev •?. 

3  O  may  they  both  in  creating  find 
Substantial  pteafares  cf  the  mind  5 
Happy  together  ffia  f  they  be, 
And  both  united,  Lord,  to  th.  <?. 

4  To  you,  bled  pair,  your  God  hath  : 

To  tafte  ihe  love  which  reigns  in  heaven  ; 
His  gift  with  all  -  v  _rs  impn  ■ 

Ati 

U 


a34  HYMNS. 

5   So  may  you  live  as  truly  one  ; 

Ami  when  your  work  on  earth  is  done, 
Rife,  hand  in  hand,  to  heaven,  and  (hare 
The  joys  of  love  forever  there  ! 

Proud. 


n  CCXC.     Common  Metre,  [fcorfl 


%b4  Penitent  Thief. 

WITH  deep  contrition,  ^rief  and  fhame, 
The  thief  his  crimes  confefs'd, 
Then  tur.  'd  his  dying  eyes  to  Chrift, 
And  thus  his  prayer  addrefs'd  : 

2  $i  When  to  thy  kingdom  thou  fhalt  comfy 

O  Lord,  remember  me." 
"  This  day  with  me  in  paradife 
Thy  happy  foul  (hall  be.91 

3  Thus  fp*.ke  the  Saviour  to  a  wretch 

Who  languiffi'd  at  his  fide  ; 
Whiiit  on  the  fatal  tree  he  hung, 
And  bled,  and  groan'd,  and  dy'd. 

4  Jefus,  thou  Son  and  Heir  of  heaven, 

Fhou  Lord  of  all  below  ; 
Though  then  unjuftly  thou  waft  brought 
To  infamy  and  woe  ', 

5  Yet  quickly  from  that  dreadful  fcene 

L"»  triumph  thou  did  (I  i 
Burit  through  the  prifon  of  the  grave, 
And  gain  d  thy  native  flues  ! 

6  Ex  ilted  to  thy  Father's  throne, 

Pardon  and  life  to  give  ; 
The  penitent  thou  ft  ill  doll  hear, 
iiiid  bid  the  iinner  live. 

Altacd  from  St*#hst» 


HYMN    S. 
f)vmi\  CCXCI.  Con  [*pr[>] 

Flrjl  and  Sa 

WITH  flowing  eyes  and  bleeding  hearts 
A  fallen  world  furvey  ! 
S-e  the  wide  ruin  fin  b 
In  one  unhappy  d 

2  Adam,  in  God's  own  ;  rmMj 

See  from  his  Go,  g'd  ! 

And  all  the  jcys  of  parad 

For  guilt  and  horror  chang'd  ! 

3  This  fatal  heritage  bequeal 

To  all  his  heipieis  race  ! 
Through  this  dark  maze  of  fin  and  wotj 

Thus  to  the  grave  we  pafs. 

r,  O  my  foul,  with  rapture  hear 

'ihe  fecond  Adam's,  name  ; 
And  the  celeftial  gifts  he  brings 

To  ail  his  feed,  proclaim. 

5  What,  though  in  mortal  life  they  mourn  ? 

What,  though  by  death  they  fall  ? 
Jefus,  in  one  triumphant  day, 

Transforms  and  crowns  them  all  ! 

6  Praife  to  his  rich  trarifcehding  grace, 

Ev'n  by  our  fall  we  rife  ! 
And  gain  for  earthly  Eden  loft 
A  heavenly  paradiie  ! 

MASO! 

jppmn  CCXCI I.     Common  Metre. 

C  ./■  •'  a  ft  n  -  f  C  ! 

WITH  joy  we  meditate  the  grace 
Of  our  High  Pneft  above  \ 
Jiis  heart  is  full  oftendernefs, 
Qf  pity  and  cf  !■: 


*3<$  HYMN    S, 

2  Touch'd  with  a  fympathy  within, 

He  knows  our  feeble  frame  ; 
He  knows  what  fore  temptations  mean, 
For  he  endur'd  the  fame. 

3  Butfpotlefs,  innocent  and  pure, 

The  great  Redeemer  flood  ; 
When  Satan's  fiery  darts  he  bore, 
And  did  refift  to  blood. 

4  He  in  the  days  of  feeble  flefh 

Pour'd  out  his  cries  and  tears  *, 
And  in  his  meafure  feels  afrefh 
What  every  Chriitian  bears. 

5  He'll  never  quench  the  fmoking  flas. 

But  raife  it  to  a  flame  •> 
The  bruifed  reed  he  never  breaks, 
Nor  fcorns  the  meaneft  name. 

6  Then  let  our  humble  faith  addrefs 

His  mercy  and  his  power  ; 
We  fhall  obtain  deliv'ring  grace 
In  the  diftreiling  hour. 

Watts. 


Jpgmil  CCXCIII.  Common  Metre.  [*  or  f?] 

R  'pemtantt  and  Hope. 

TXTITII  rcftkft  agitations  toil, 
V  V      And  low  immcrs'd  in  woes, 
When  mail  my  wild  diftc'mper'd  thoughts 
Regain  their  loft  re  pole  '■ 
z  O  thou,  the  wretcjied's  fare  rctrer.t, 
Thefe  torturing  caves  control  ; 
And  with  the  cheerful  fmile  of  peace 
I x.-  ■  « 


HYMNS,  237 

3  Did  ever  thy  paternal  car 

The  humble  pica  difdain  ? 
Or  when  did  plaintive  milery  il0h, 
Or  fupplicate  in  v;  i 

4  Opprefs'd  with  grief  and  fhatne. 

In  penitential  tears, 
Thy  goodnefs  calms  our  reftlefs  doubts, 
And  difTipates  cur  fears. 

5  New  life  from  thy  refrelhing  grace 

Our  linking  hearts  receive  -, 
For  'tis  thy  darling  a  tribute 
To  pity  and  forgive. 

6  From  that  bled  fource,  propitious  hop.": 

Appears  ferenely  bright, 
And  fheds  its  foft  difFuhve  beam 
O'er  forrow's  difmai  night. 

7'  My  griefs  confefs  its  vital  power, 
And  blefs  the  friendly  ray, 
Which  ufhers  in  the  glad  icrciie 
Of  everlaliing  day. 

Mrs    Carte?.: 


I)vmi1  CCXCIV.  Long  Metre.  Ww.bl 

Jcfus  Cbrif.  ihejame  ftjtertfay,  to  Dsy>  and  F.r-.cr. 

WITH  wonder,  Loid,  cur  fouls  proclaim 
Th'  immortal  honours  of  thy  name  \ 
Affembled  round  our  Saviour's  throne, 
We  make  his  countlefs  glories  known. 
2  Ere  Adam's  clay  with  life  was  warm'dj 
Or  Gabriel's  nobler  fpirit  form' J  ; 
Before  creation  was  begun, 
Before  all  ages,  was  the  Son. 


23$  H     Y     M     N     S. 

3  Through  all  fucceeding  ages,  he 

The  fame  hath  been,  and  ttill  fhall  be  ; 
Immortal  honours  crown  his  head, 
Though  earth  and  ikies  wax  old  and  fade* 

4  The  fame  his  power  his  flock  to  guard  * 
The  fame  his  bounty  to  reward  ; 

The  fame  his  faithfulnefs  and  love 
To  faints  on  earth,  and  faints  above. 

5  Let  nature  change,  and  fink,  and  die, 
Jefus  fhall  raifc  his  people  high  ; 

And  place  them  near  his  Father's  throne, 
In  glory  lading  as  his  own. 

D0DDIii£K;F. 


Jpgmn  CCXCV.   Common  Metre.  £»«!>] 


Y 


'The   Chrtjlians   Far  fa  HI. 

E  golden  lamps  of  heaven,  farewell, 
With  all  your  feeble  light  ; 
Farewell,  thou  ever  changing  moon, 
Pale  emprefs  of  the  night. 

And  thou,  refulgent  orb  of  day, 

In  brighter  flames  array'd  ; 
My  foul,  that  fprings  beyond  thy  fphere^ 

No  more  demands  thy  aid. 
Ye  liars  are  but  the  mining  duft 

Of  my  divine  abode  ; 
The  pavement  of  thofe.  heavenly  courts, 

Where  I  ihall  fee  my  God. 
The  Father  of  eternal  light 

Shall  there  his  beams  difplay  ; 
Nor  fhall  one  moment's  darknefs  mi* 

With  that  unvaried  day. 


H     T 

No  more  the 

Shall  ;;  .  ; 

N.or  •  fun  decline, 

AanuKi  thofe  brighter  Ikies. 

There  aU  the  millions  of  his  faints 

Lall  in  one  fong  unite  ; 
And  each  the  blifs  of  all  (hall  view 


With  infinite  delight. 


DoDDRJZG!:. 


\0]}mn  CCXCVI.    Com.  Metre.   C*or« 

Divi.iJ    Good/up. 

YE  humble  fouls,  approach  your  God 
With  fongs  of  facred  praife  ; 
For  he  is  good,  immenfely  good, 
And  kind  are  all  his  ways. 

2  All  nature  owns  his  guardian  care; 

In  him  we  live  and  move  ; 
But  nobler  benefits  declare 
The  wonders  of  his  love. 

3  He  gave  his  well  beloved  Son, 

To  lave  our  fouls  from  fin  *, 
'Tis  here  he  makes  his  goodnefs  known, 
And  proves  it  all  divine. 

4  To  this  fure  refuge,  Lord,  we  come, 

And  here  our  hope  relies  •, 
A  fafe  defence,  a  peaceful  home, 

When  ltorms  of  trouble  rife. 
£  Thine  eye  beholds,  with  kind  regard, 

The  fouls  who  truft  in  thee  ; 
Their  humble  hope  thou  wilt  reward 

With  blifs  divinely  free. 


HYMN    S. 

6   Great  God,  to  thy  almighty  love 
What  honours  (hall  we  raife  ! 
Not  all  the  raptur'd  fongs  above 
Can  render  equalpraife. 

Mrs.  STEELE- 


Jj)pmn  CCXCVH.    Long  Metre.    [*] 

d  are  the  Poor  in  Spirit. 

YE  humble  fouls,  complain  no  more  \ 
Let  faith  furvey  your  future  ftore  5 
How  happy,  how  divinely  bit 
The  facred  words  of  truth  atteft  ! 

2  When  confeicus  grief  laments  fmccre, 
And  pours  the  penitential  tear, 
Hope  points  to  your  dejected  eyes 

A  bright  reverfion  in  the  ikies. 

3  In  vain  the  fons  of  wealth  and  pride 
Defpife  your  lot,  your  hopes  deride  * 
In  vain  they  boa  it  their  little  fcores  ; 
Trifles  are  theirs,  a  kingdom  yours. 

4  A  kingdom  of  immenfe  delight, 
Where  health  and  p-c<\ce  and  joy  unite  ? 
A  kingdom  which  ftiall  ne'er  decay, 
Though  earthly  kingdoms  fade  away. 

5  There  (hall  your  eyes  with  rapture  view 

glorious  Friend  who  dy'd  for  you  ; 
Who  dy'd  to  ranforn,  dvM  to  raife 
To  crowns  of  joy  and  fongs  of  praife* 

6  jefus,  to  thee  I  breathe  my  prayer  ; 
Co  ifirnfi  to  me  my  int'reft  there  ; 
Whatever  be  my  lor  hdnw, 

This,  this  my  foui  defires  to  know. 


Y1 


H     Y  3.  241 

7  O  let  me  heat  thy  voice  dii 

Pronounce  the  glorious  bieilmg  mine  ; 
Enroird  among  thy  happy  poor, 
My  largeit  wifhes  aik  no  more. 

£)Pmn  CCXCVIII.     Common  Metre.  j#] 

Tbs  J  Ifaiah  J  v. 

*E  thinly  foals,  approach  the  fpring 
waters  flow  j 
Free  to  that  facred  fountain,  all 

Without  a  price  may  go. 

2  cC  How  long  to  dreams  of  falfe  delight 

Will  ye  in  crouds  repair  r 
How  long  vour  (trength  and  fubftance  waftc 
On  trifles  light  as  air  ? 

3  "My  ftofes  afford  thofe  rich  fupplies 

That  health  and  pleafure  give  5 
Incline  your  ear,  and  come  to  me  \ 
The  foul  that  hears  (hall  live. 

4  "  With  you  a  cov'nant  I  will  make, 

That  ever  fhall  endure  ; 
The  hope  which  gladdened  David's  heart 
My  mercy  hath  mace  fure. 

5  "  Behold  he  comes,  your  Leader  comes, 

With  might  and  honour  crown  I  ; 
A  witnefs  who  mall  fpread  my  name 
To  earth's  rcmoteft  bound. 

6  "  See,  nations  haften  to  his  call 

From  every  diftant  fhore  ; 
Ifb.nds  u  ■'  to  him, 

And  Ifraei's  God  adore/' 

Scotch  F-. 
W 


tf?  HYMN     S. 

IPl^mn  CCXCIX.     Common  Metre.  [«] 

7k  C*£  A  FeaJL 

YE  wretched,  hungry,  (Urving  poor, 
Behold  a  royal  fcail  ! 
Where  mercy  fpreads  her  bounteous  florc 
For  every  humble  gueft. 

2  See  Jcfus  ftands  with  open  arms, 

He  calls,  he  bids  you  come  : 
Guilt  holds  you  back,  and  fear  alarms, 
But  fee,  there  yet  is  room  ! 

3  In  Jefus'  condescending  heart 

Both  love  and  pity  meet; 
Nor  will  he  bid  the   TguI  depart, 
That  trembles  at  his  feet. 

4  Come,  then,  and  with  his  people  tafte 

The  blefiings  of  his  love, 
While  hope  attends  the  fweet  repaft 
Of  nobler  joys  above. 

5  There,  with  united  heart  and  voice, 

Before  th*  eternal  throne, 
Ten  thoufand  thoufand  fouls  rejoice, 
In  extafies  unknown. 

6  And  yet  ten  thoufand  thoufand  more 

-Are  welcome  ftill  to  come  ; 

Ye  longing  fouls,  the  grace  adore, 

Approach,  there  yet  is  room. 

Mrs.  Stzile. 

Jpgmn  CCC      Common  Metre.     [*  or  ft 

'True  and  Falfe   Zeal. 

ZEAL  is  that  pure  and  heavenly  flame 
The  fire  of  love  fupplies ; 
Whilft  that  which  often  bears  the  name, 
Is  fcjf  but  in  difeuifc. 


H     Y     M    N    S.  24? 

2  True  zeal  is  merciful  and  mild, 

Can  pity  and  forbear  •, 
The  falfe  is  headitron^;.,  fierce  and  wild. 
And  breathes  revenge  and  war. 

3  While  zeal  for  truth  the  Chriftian  warms. 

He  knows  the  worth  of  peace  ; 
But  felf  contends  for  names  and  form?, 
Itb  party  to  increafe. 

4  Zeal  has  attaio'd  its  higheft  aim, 

Its  end  is  fatisfy'd, 
If  finners  love  the  Saviour's  name, 
Nor  leeks  it  aurfit  befide. 

o 

5  But  felf,  however  well  employ'd, 

Has  its  own  ends  in  view  ; 
And  fays,  as  boafting  Jehu  cry'd, 
**  Gome,  fee  what  i  can  do." 

6  Self  may  its  own  reward  obtain, 

And  be  applauded  here  ; 
But  z'eal  the  belt  applaufe  will  gain 
Wheal  Jefus  (hall  appear. 

7  This  idol  felf,  O  Lord,  dethrone, 

And  from  our  hearts  remove  -,  _■ 
And  let  no  2eal  by  us  be  ihown 
But  that  which  fprings  from  love. 


:'r\ 


ASCR:PTIONSandBEN£DICTIONS, 

feu/:,:  lEi     to  U  Jufig 

.  Hymns j  in  various 

Li  - 

I 

Common  Metre. — Single. 

Phil.  iv.  -. 
71  /TAY  peace  which  from  the  Lord  pro- 

x.  edfj 

impart^, 

far  exceeds, 
Jfrefervt    and  kttp  our  hearts. 

II, 

PLJm  sxviii.  9. 

Lord,  'okfs  thy  who  to  thee 

.....    :,-;y   OWE  *, 

arid  r'i^e  Aem  up 
n   they   arc  fallen  low. 

Unknown 

in. 

13. 

y,  power, 
irth  and  heaven, 
who  fits  Upon  the  throne, 
the  Lamb  be  \  tven. 

Tats. 

IV. 

To  him  who  n  the  thrcn*, 

The  God  whom  we  adore  \ 


ASCRIPTIONS,  fcc.  £45 

And  to  the  Lamb  that  once  was  flain, 
Be  glory  evermore. 

Scotch  FaraplirLil:. 

V. 

Coinmon  Metre. — Double. 

Phil,  ii.  ic,  :r. 
Let  ftvry  creature  bow  the  head 

To  God's  exalted  Son  ; 
Since  God  hath  rais?d  him  from  the  dead, 

And  plac'd  him  on  his  throne. 

Let  ev'ry   mortal  tongue  confefs 

That  Jefas  is  the  Lord; 
Thus,  when  the  Saviour's  name  we  blefs, 

The  Father  is  ador'd, 

vr. 

Hebrews  xlit   .:c,  it. 

Now  .may  the  God  of  }>eace  and  la 
Who  from  the  (hades  of  death 

Redor'd  the  Shepherd  of  the  fheep 
To  draw  immortal  breath, 

Enrich  our  fouls  with  every  gr~c<;. 

That  we  may  do  his   wiili 
And  ail  that's  pleafing  in  his  fight, 

fpirc  us  to  fuini. 

PO£«*£  Col  t: . 

vii. 

Revelations  i.  5,  C. 

To  him  who  wafh'd  us  from  ou:* 
hi  3  own  precious  blood  ; 

w 


24^         ASCRIPTIONS,    *e. 

priefta  before 
His,]  md  his  God  ; 

To       n   who  dy'd  and  rofe  again, 

B.   dory  <  •• 

.    I  dominion  fpread 

J  hroughout  the  earth  and  heaven. 

VIII. 

Revelations  v.  9,  10. 

Worthy  art  t  -  aft  (Iain, 

To  open  I  3I3 

And  from  the  book  of  God's  decrees 

His  couniels  to  reveal. 

Thou   haft  redeem1*!  us  by  thy  blood  -, 

From  fin  hail   let  us  free  -, 
Haft  made  us  kings  and  priefts  to  God, 

And  we  (hall  reign  with  thee. 

rdy  from  Watts. 


Z^/jg  Metre. — Single. 
I. 

Matthew  xxi.  9. 

H  OS  ANN  A"  to  king  Da  '  P    So»t 
ho  reigns  on  a  fuperior  throne  ; 
■  ly  birthp 

Who  brought  fa- 

I     6   |  TS. 

*  The  word  H 
fe  it  ai 


ASCRIPTIONS,    4c.         247 
«- 

i  Timojhy  i   1 7. 

Now  to  the  great  eternal  King, 
Th'  immortal  God,  we  mortals  fing  ; 
God  only  wife  we  glorify, 
bie  to  movul  eye. 

S.D. 

III. 

1  Timothy  vi.  15,  t6. 

To  him  who  dwells  in  heavenly  light, 
Beyond  the  reach  of  human  fight, 
The  King  fupreme,  the  Lord  of  heaven, 
Be  endlefs  praife  and  honour  given. 

IV. 

2  TheflaJpnians  ii.  16,  17. 

God  the  Father  and   his  Son, 
From   whom  all  love  and  grace  proceed, 
Comfort  our  hearts,  and  'ftablifh  us 
Li  every  virtuous  word  and  deed. 


Long  Metre.      Six  Lines. 

'  Jude,  ver.  24,  25. 

him  whole  wifdom,  love  and  power 
Preferves  us  in  temptation's  hour, 

will  prefent  our  fouls  complete 
iiefore  the  glory  of  his  feat  -, 
To  God  our  Saviour,  only  wife, 
Let  focgs  of  praife  and  honour  rife. 


248         ASCRIPTIONS,    let 

All  Sevens  Metre. 

2  Corinthians  xiii.  14. 

MAY  the  grace  of  Chrift  our  Saviour, 
And  the  Father's  boundlefs  love, 
With  the  holy  Spirit's  favour 
Reft  upon  us  from  above. 

Short  Metre, 
I. 

Romans  xvi.  25,  27. 

TO  God  the  only  wife, 
Who  keeps  us  by  his  word, 
Be  glory  now  and  evermore, 
Through  Jefus  Chrift  our  Lord, 

II. 

%  Corinthians  xiii.  14. 

The  grace  of  Chrift  our  Lord, 
The  Father's  boundlefs  love, 
The  Spirit's  blell  corfim  union  too 
Be  with  us  from  above. 

III. 

Matthew  xxi.  9.     John  i.  14. 

Hofanna  to  the  Word, 
Who  from  the  Father  came  ; 
Afcribe  falvation  £0  the  Lord, 
And  ever  blefs  his  name. 


ASCRIPTIONS,    Sec.         249 

Hallelujah  Metre. 
I. 

1  John  if.  19 — Gal.  iii.  13 — Col.  i.  zz. 

r^HO  him  who  lov'd  us  firft, 
X     Before  the  world  began, 
To  him  who  bore  the  curfe 
To  lave  rebellious  man  : 
To  him  who  forms 

Our  fouls  for  heaven, 
Be   endlefs  praife 
And  glory  given. 


Watt?. 


II. 

Matt.  ni.  9 — A:"ts  v.  13 — FhiL  ii.  II. 
Hofanna  to  the  King 
Of  David's  royal  b^ood  ; 
Behold  he  comes  to  bring 
Forgiving  grace  from  God  : 
Upon  his  head 

Shall  honours  red, 
And  every  tongue 
Pronounce  him  bleft. 


III. 

Herb.  i.  6 — Rev.  v.  it,  ii. 
With  angels  round  the  throne, 
And  faints  who  dwell  above, 
V\:e  join  to  praife  the  Son, 
And  Eng  his  wond'rous  lore, 
Worthy  the  Lamb, 

Who  once  vv-3  fiain, 
O'er  heaven  and  earth 
To  live  and  reign. 


Wa  t  & 


2so         ASCRIPTIONS,    &c, 
IV. 

I  Ccr.  xv.  47— Col.  i.  18— A&s  v.  ft. 

To  Chrift  the  Lord  from  heaven, 
The  firlt-born  from  the  dead  ; 
The  Prince  of  life,  be  glory  given, 
And  wide  his  kingdom  fpread  ; 
Through  earth's  extent 

His  honours  raife  -> 
And  all  confent 
His  name  to  praife. 


£v"  SINCE  the  death  of  my  Brother,  the  late  Dr. 
John  Clarke,  I  think  I  am  at  liberty  to  fay,  that  many 
of  the  variations  and  additions  in  this  Collection  of 
Pfa'ms  ana  Hymns,  were  either  «made  or  fuggefted  by  him  ; 
that  the  alteration  of  the  149th  Pfalm  was  altogether  his 
own  ;  and  that  the  whole  work  pafTed  under  his  critical 
eye  and  correcting  hand  before  it  went  to  the  prefs.  For 
this,  and  for  many  other  acts  of  Chriftian  friendfhip,  his 
memory  will  ever  be  precious  to  me. 

J.  B. 

May  31, 1798. 


INDEX  to  the  Matter  of  each  PSALM  and 
HYMN. 

p.  fhuids  for  Pfalm.  h-  for  Hymn.  The  figures  refer  not 
to  the  Pages,  but  to  the  number  of  each  PfaJm  and 
Hymn. 

/^BRAHAM,  the  Promife  to  him  fulfilled,  p.  105. 

■  extended  to  the  Gentiles,  h.  74,  in, 

Adam  the  Firfl  and  Second,  p.  8.  h.  291. 

Adoption,  h.  35, 

Affliction,  p.  119,  12th  part,  14th  part. 

the  Cure  of  Folly,  h.  1   4. 

Divine  Goodneis  in,  h.  190. 

SubmiiTion  to,    h.  2:4. 

Age,  Confolations  of,  p.  71.  h.  55. 

American  Revolution,  p.  75, 

Angels,  their  Miniftry  to  Chrirt,  h.  an. 

Song,  h.  104- 

. 1 Worihip,  p.  303,  4th  part. 

B 

BAPTISM,  by  Tmmerfion,  h.  127. 

—  or  Infants,  h.  in,  159,  221,  252. 

Beatitudes,  h.  37. 
Better  part,  h.  -6. 
BleOings  Spiritual,  p.  81.  106.  h.  107. 

.. and  Temporal,  p.  139,  4th  part. 

Body  Frail,  h.  147. 

Wonderfully  made,  p.  139,  5th  part. 

C 
CANAAN  Heavenly,  p.  107. 

' — -     L°ft>  P-  95- 

Captivity,  p.  137. 

Charity,  p.  37,  4T,  112.  h.  39,  121,  135,  i45,  19;, 
■    '  Greater  than  Faith  or  Hope^  n.  149. 

Child,  Death  of,  h.  152.  228. 
Children  Devoted  to'God,  h.  252. 

-■ Religious  Education  of,  p.  7s, 

ChnjtTs  Regard  to,  h.  221. 


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INDEX. 


CHRIST  his  afcenfion,  p.  24,  68.  h.  17,  105. 

Seen  of  Angels,  h.  211. 

Branch  of  David,  h.  6. 

Bread  of  Life,  h.  151. 

Bridegroom  of  the  church,  p.  45. 

his  Crofs  our  glory,  h.  21,  ;  :_u 

his  CommiiTion,  h.  101,  257,. 

his  Compailion,  h.  138,  182,  292. 

his  Conqueit  and  triumph,  h.  163,  359* 

his  Eternity,  p.  102,  294. 

his  Example,  p.  109.  h.  14,  167. 

his  Exaltation,  p.  2.  h.  17,  62. 

his  Gentlenefs,  h.  251. 

his  Grace  and  glory,  h.  187. 

the  Head  of  his  church,  h.  137- 

his  Humiliation,  h.  : 

the  Image  of  God,  h.  244. 

his  Incarnation,  h.  22. 

his  Interceflion,  h.  185. 

his  Invitation,  h.  46. 

his  Kingdom,  p.  2,  72,  98.  h.  194, 

the  King  of  flints,  h.  48. 

the  Lamb  of  God,  h.  30,  44. 

our  Life,  h.  271,  28c. 

his  Million  and  iaenfice,  p.  40. 

the  Morning  Star,  h.  6. 

his  Nativity,  h.  31,  104,  223,  z$i~ 

his  Obedience  to  death,  p.  69. 

his  Offices  and  names,  h.  140. 

Opening  the  fealed  book,  h.  9. 

Precious  in  life  and  death,  h.  153. 

his  Pre-exiftence  and  incarnation,  h.  27* 

his  Priefthood,  p.  no.  h.  188. 

the  Phyfician  of  the  foul,  h.  so* 

a  Prince  and  Saviour,  h.  62. 

his  Refurreition,  p.  2,  16.  h.  2,  17,  29,  10/. 

Salvation  by  him,  p.  85.  h.  1 

the  Same  yeltei  du  \ , .  j  day  and  forever.,  1 
a  Shepherd,  h. 

the  Sight  of  h:  jh,  h.  51. 

the  Spirit  his  g     . 


INDEX. 

CHRIST  our  Strength  and  righteoufnefs,  p.  71. 

his  Sufferings  and  g  ::,  69.  h.  iz(, 

the  Sun  of  nghteott&efs,  p.  19.  h.  87. 

the  Supreme  L\ 

his  VicTory  and  dominion,  h.  264. 
the  Viclory  of  his  death,  h.  17,  ic:-> 
the  Way  to  God,  h.  13  c. 
the  Wildom  of  God,  h.  2-22. 
Chriftian's  Farewell,  h.  295. 

■  Race,  h.  25,  175. 

Church  the  Birth-place  of  faints,  p.  87. 

the  Bride  of  Chriit,  p.  45.  h.  137. 

Jewilh  and  Chriftian  compared,  p.  132* 

its  Glory  and  defence,  h.  95. 

our  Safety  and  delight,  jj.  27,  93.  h.  11c,  19S; 

Citizen  of  Zion,  p.  15. 
Colonies  Planted  and  punifhed,  p.  107. 
Common  Mercies,  h.  90. 
CompafHon  and  Forgivenefs,  h.  121. 

for  Sinful  men,  p.  119*  5th  part, 

Complaint  and  Hope,  p.  145. 
Communion  with  Chriit,  h.  258^ 

■  with  God,  h.  203,  210. 

Condefcenfion  of  God,  p.  8.  113.  h.  250* 
Confefliori  and  pardon,  p.  32.  h.  174. 
Confidence  in  God,  p.  7,  18,  27,  28,  31,  34?  S 

57,  146.  h.  89,  275. 
Confcience,  Teftimony  of,  h.  243. 

»--  Peace  of,  k  2S3. 

Confolation  in  Chriit,  h.  138. 

■  in  Death,  p.  38. 

in  Providence,  p.  77, 

Conviction  of  fin,  h.  134. 
Contrite  heart,  h.  206. 
Corruption,  Mora1,  p.  12,  14,  ss» 

Qtment,  p.  131. 
Covenant  of  Grace,  p.  89.  h.  129,  169,  1 
Creation,  Old  and  New,  p.  8    h.  so,  :i  -. 
■■  and  Providence,  p.  2,3*  b-  6:,  8^j  iy- 

X 


254 


INDEX. 


Creatures  Vain  and  God  all-fufRcient,  p.  33.  62. 
"  their  Voice  proclaiming  God,  p.  104. 


DARKNESS,  Walking  in,  h.  103. 
Death,  p.  38,  39,  88,  89,  90.  h.  153. 

■  the  End  of  the  Christian's  courfe,  h.  49,  23?. 

and  the  Refurrection,  h,  287. 

■  Triumph  over,  h.  15,  270. 
Decency,  h.  33. 

Devotion,  h.  284. 

by  day  and  night,  p.  1,  134. 

Direction  Divine  a(ked,  p.  25. 
Difcipline,  Fatherly,  h.  108,  273. 
Diftrefs  Relieved,  p.  31,  40,  126,  142. 

Faith  in  Time  of,  h.  224. 

Doubts  and  fears  fupprefled,  p.  3. 

E 
ENEMIES,  Complaint  againft,  p.  120. 

Deliverance  from,  p.  54*  59>  70,  124*  126, 

140. 

■  Love  to,  p.  109.  h.  66. 

Envy  cured,  p.  37. 

Evening,  p.  4.  h.  125,  201. 

F 

FAITH  Correcting  impatience,  p.  $$• 

Encouraged,  p.  9. 

Living  and  Dead,  h.  166. 

in  the  Names  of  God,  h.  226. 

in  the  Promife  of  falvation,  h.  1%. 

in  the  Redeemer's  facrifice,  h.  161. 

in  a  Time  of  diftrefs,  h.  224. 

'Triumphant,  h.  286. 

Walking  by,  lu  63. 
Family  Duties  and  bleflings,  p.  128. 

■  Religion,  p.  101. 
Fall  in  War,  p.  20,  44« 
Fear  of  God,  h.  82. 

Feaft  GofpeU  h.  114*  u%>  *34i  399. 


INDEX.  xss 

Forgivenefs  foaght,  p.  25. 

■  to  Debtors,  h.  121. 

• to  Enemies,  h.  66. 

Fotitude,  h.  13. 
Funeral  Thought,  h.  99. 

G 

GOD,  his  All-feeing  eye,  p.  139,  2d  part,  6th  part, 
All-fufficient,  p.  3.3,  62,  73. 
his  Approbation  of  the  Juil,  p.  24. 
his  Care  of  his  people,  p.  76. 
his  Companion  to  finners,  h.  182. 
his  Condefcenfion,  p.  8.  113.  h.  25c. 
our  Creator,  p.  139,  3d  part.  h.  172 
his  Eternity,  p.  90. 
Exalted  above  all  praife,  h.  58. 
his  Eternal  counfels,  h.  141. 
his  Faithfuinefs,  h.  ill,  159. 
his  Goodnefs,  p.  36,  56,  57,  66,  68,  145,  146. 

.  h.59,  83,  158,  254*  296. 
his  GreatneL  and  goodnefs,  p.  86. 
his  Grace  in  Chrift,  h.  218. 
his  Holinefs  and  fovereignty,  p.  93,  97. 
his  incomprehenfibility,  h.  41,  42. 
his  Juftice,  p.  11,  18,  68.  h.  117. 
Known  by  his  works,  p.  19,  136.  h.  92. 
his  Majeity,  p.  29. 
his  Mercy  in  judgment,  p.  103. 
his  various  Names,  h.  226. 
his  Name  proclaimed  to  Mofes,  h.  19. 
his  Perfections  and  works,  p.  in,  136,  145. 
our  Portion  and  hope,  p.  73.  h.  128. 
his  Powers  p.  66,  93,  145.  h.  117. 
his  Prefence  mortifying  us  to  the  wttld,  h.  43. 
his  Regard  to  our  weaknefs,  p.  103. 
our  Shepherd,  p.  23. 
the  Searcher  of"  hearts,  p.  139,  6th  part. 
Transforming  vifion  of,  p.  17. 
his  Unity  and  fovereignty,  p.  135.  h.  54. 
his  Unchangeablentfs,  p.  102,  ic6.  h.  86. 
his  Univerfal  prefence,  p.  139,-ift-piru 
his  Wifdom,  p.  in,  139,  3d  part.  h.  8,  254. 


INDEX. 

■Good  out  of  Evil,  h.  202. 
Ooipel,  ootAfhamed  of  it,  h.  122. 

Blefled,  p.  89.  h.  131. 

its,  Excellency,  b.  75. 

its  Power  and  triumph,  h.  163* 

its  Succeas,  h.  65,  88. 
Grace  and  Glory,  p.  97. 
Gratitude,  p.  91.  h.  57,  78,  170,  266,  267. 
Grave  deftroyed,  h.  262. 
Gravity  in  deportment,  h.  33. 

II 
HAPPINESS  in  God,  p.  3. 

* and  Mifery,  p.  1,  37. 

Heaven,  p.  24.  h.  45,  47,  180,  238. 

—  Longing  for,  h.  193. 

Holinefp,  p.  34,  T19,  10th  &  nth  parts,  h.  22$.* 
Hope,  p.  43.  h.  173.  23c,  293. 
Houfe  of  Prayer,  h.  84. 
Humility,  p.  131.  h.  731  250. 
Hypociify,  p.  50.  h.  76,  248. 

I 
IDOLATRY,  p.  11^  135. 
Ignorance  of  Man,  h.  32. 
imitation  of  "God's  goodnefs,  h.  83. 
Impatience,  p.  55. 
Influence  Divine,  h*  171. 
Infurrection,  p.  64. 
Intemperance,  p.  10;,  3d  part. 
InterceiTiOn  of  Chrift,  h.  185. 

Invitation  to  Communion,  h.  ic,  21,  114-  **8*  134,  234, 
Ifrael's  journey,  p.  106,  107,  ift  part,  114-  [295- 

J 
JACOB'S  vow.  h.  205. 
Jerufatem  New,  h.  165. 
Joy  Heavenly,  h.  47- 

—  and  G:  h    57. 
Jubilee,  r .  4c,  162. 
Judgment  Final,  p.  53.  h.  279. 


INDEX.  257 


Jufticc,  h.  120. 

— of  God,  p.  18. 


K 


KINGDOM  of  Chrift,  p.  98.  h,  194,  264 
Knowledge  of  God,  p.  119,  9th  part. 

L 

LAW  and  Gofpel,  h.  235. 

Life,  its  Shortnefs,  p.  90.  h.  116,  231. 

its  Value,  h.  153. 

Looking  at  things  unfeen,  h.  288. 

Lord's  Day,  p.  5,  19,  63,  9Z,  118,  122.   h.  2,  18,  24* 
I57>  263. 

Prayer,  h.  66. 

Supper,  h.  134,  242*  258,  26c 

Love  Brotherly,  p.  133.  h.  72,  196. 

of  God  to  the  Church,  h.  1 86. 

to  God,  h.  97. — and  Man,  h.  249- 

to  the  Saviour  ardent,  h.  52. 

M 

MAGISTRATES  warned,  p.  82,  94. 

Marriage,  p.  128.  h.177,  289. 

■  of  the  Lamb,  h.  10. 

Meditation,  h.  168. 

Meeknefs,  h.  ic8. 

Mercy  before  facriflce,  h.  248,  281. 

Michael  and  the  Dragon,  h.  146. 

Miniflers  ordained,  h.  70,  237,  253.     See  Gofpel. 

Watchmen,  h.  107. 

their  Death,  h.  115,  184. 

their  Fidelity  rewarded,  h.  2^7. 

their  Sicknefs,  h.  204. 

Moderation,  h.  96. 

Morning,  h.  101. 

Mortification,  h.  43. 

Moles  and  the  Lamb,  Song  of,  h.  109. 

and  Chrift,  h.  235. 

X  2 


INDEX, 

NATIONS 

Nalur<  ,  <p.  147.  h.  12. 

. ( 

~— —  and  19. 

' i.  158,  24c. 

New  Birth,  h.  261. 

O 

OBEDIENCE,  p.  22.  h.  195. 
Obligations  and  Privileges,  h.  53. 
Oppreffion,  p.  10. 

Ordinances,  h.  26. 

P 

PARDON,  p.  130.  h.  115,  276, 
Patience,  h.  212. 

and  Confolation,  h.  213. 

■ and  Plenty,  p.  144. 

and  War,  p.  46. 

Perfecntion,  p.  83.  h.  1. 

Pillar  in  the  Heavenly  Temple,  h:  7. 

Poor  in  Spirit,  h.  297. 

Praiie  from  all  Creatures,  p.  148. 

■ without  cea£ng,  h.  79. 

—  to  Chrift,  h.  3c,  93. 

fcr  Deliverance,  p.  116.  [h.  124. 

for  Divine  Goodnefs,  p.  6S;  too,  103,  136,  146, 

Praife  Universal,  p.  47,  67,  96,  ic8,  117,  138,  150. 
Prayer,  p.  95. 

Heard,  p.  30,  66,  icx. 

« Importunate,  h.  209. 

Uciverfal,  h.  67. 

Preparation  for  Woi  fiiip,  h.  64. 
Pride,  h.  12. 

Prifoners  relieved,  p.  107. 
Privileges  and  Obligations,  h.  53, 
<n,  h.  34. 
life  to  Believers  and  their  Children,  h.  159,  25^. 
Profperity  and  Adverfity,  h.  %%$, 

Dangerous,  p.  73.  h,  179. 

- — — —  from  God;  p.  127. 


INDEX.  255 

Protection  Divine,  p.  90,  91,  121,  138,  144*  256,  157, 

— in  Foreign  Countries,  h.  106. 

Providence,  p.  36,  61,  65,  74,  104,  J36.  h.  81,  iCc. 

Ancient,  p.  77. 

;•,  p.   IT. 

M\  fterioos,  h.  80. 

over  Mafn  and  Beaft,  h.  232,  254. 

Prudence,  h.  C6,  2©& 

QUICKENING  Grace,  p.  119,  13th  parte 

R 

RACE  Chriftian,h.  25,  175. 
Rain,  p.  6s,  ic.;,  135.  h.  69. 

■ Divine  influence  compared  to,  p.  72 

Reanimation,  p.  88.  h.  2S5. 

Recovery  from  hckneis,  p.  30,  118.  h.  15*  - 

Redemption,  h.  136. 

Relief  from  diftreis.  p.  31. 

Religion  vain  without  Love,  h.  91. 

Gratitude  its  ipring,  h.  17c- 

-  its  Pleafures,  h.  278. 


---  in  Youth,  h.  94. 


i -u  119,  ;dpt.  13c.  h.  34,  113,  293* 

and  Hope,  h.  173,  276. 

proof,  Brotherly,  p.  141. 
Resignation,  p.  91.  h.  202,  231. 

in  Death,  h.  265. 

Reft  to  weary  fouls,  h.  46. 

Resolutions,  Hoiy,  p.  119,  11th  part.  h.  ;. 

RefurrefHon,  p.  17,  71,  89.  h.  38,  112,  2S7. 

of  Chrift,  p.  16.  h.  2,  17,  29; 

; of  the  Martyrs,  h.  240* 

Retirement,  h<  168. 
Reverence  of  God,  p.  99. 
Revolution,  American,  p.  75. 
5,  their  Vanity,  p.  to. 

,  their  happinefs,  p.  1,  37,  icl 
Rulers,  wicked,  p,  94. 


260  INDEX. 

S 

SABBATH,  eternal,  h.  157. 
Safety  in  Gcd,  p.  61.  See  Confidence.  • 
Saints  departed,  their  blefledneis,  h.  98. 
Salvation,  p.  85,  118.  h  28. 

by  Grace,  h.  189,  220. 

Savages,  Deliverance  from,  p.  59. 

Script-are.  See  Word  of  C  od. 

Seamen's  prayer,  p.  104,  2d  pt.  107,  4th  pt.  h.  106. 

Seaions  changing,  p.  147,  148. 

fruitful,  p.  6j.  h.  69. 

Self  dependence,  h.  81. 
—  examination,  p.  26.  h.  246. 
Serpent,  Brazen,  h.  227. 
Shepherd,  God's  character,  p.  23. 

—  (Thrift's  character,  h.  247* 

Sicknefs,  p.  6,  30.  h.  176. 
Sinai  and  Sion,  h.  183,  233. 
Sincerity,  p.  18.  h.  15c. 

—  and  Hypocrify,  h.  76. 

Sons  of  God,  h.  18  r. 

Spirit  of  God,  p.  68,  72.  h.  60. 

— ■ its  Influences,  277. 

Spiritual  blelnngs  and  puniihments,  p.  81* 
Spring,  h.  119,  268. 
Storm.   See  Thunder. 
Strength  and  joy,  p.  138. 

-, from  God,  h.  269. 

Submiflion,  p.  123.  h.  11,  178,  2co>  214* 
Syro-Phe^ician  woman,  h.  5. 

T 
TA3LE  in  the  wildernefs,  p.  78. 
Te  Deum,  h.  197. 
Tempdf.  See  Thunder. 

the  Laft,  h.  279. 

Temptation,  p.  13.  h.  23. 

Tbankl^iving^p.  18,  7^  149. 

Thief  Penitent,  h.  290. 

Thirfting  after  God*  h.  272. 

Thunder,  p.  29,  104,  ift  part,  135.  h.  143,  156- 


N    D     E    X, 


Time  redeemed,  h.. 7 7,  ic-j. 
Treafure  in  earthen  vefTe-ls,  h.  1150 
Trial  and  Safety,  p.  125. 

of  Virtue,  h.  215. 

Truth,  h.   123. 

Tyrants  and  Oppreffors,  p.  58. 

U 
UNBELIEF,  p.  95. 
Uncharitable  judgment,  h.  8. 
Union  of  Chriit  and  his  church,  h»  137. 
Univerial  Prayer,  h.  67. 

y 

VICTORY,  p.  1?. 

o<:er  Death,  h.  27c*. 

and  Dominion  of  Chrift,  h.  164 

Vineyard  of  God,  p.  80. 

Virtues  of  a  Chiiitian,  p.  15, 119,  ift  pt* 

• Trial  of,  h.  215. 

Vifion  of  the  Lamb,  h.  9. 

%rolume  of  Nature  and  Scripture,  p.  19* 

W 
WAR,  p.  20,  44« 

and  Peace,  p.  46. 

Difappointment  in,  p.  60. 

Devaluation  of,  p.  79. 

Warrior  Chriflian,  h.  102, 
Watchfulnefs  and  Prayer,  h.  4. 

—  and  Reproof,  p.  141, 

Wicked,  their  mifery,  p.  1,  37. 
Winter,  p.  147,  148.  h.  191. 
Wifdam,  Divine,  h.  61. 

Voice  of,  h.  ico,  i$$* 

Wiiys  of,  h.  199. 

Word  of  God,  Delight  in  it,  p, 


119,  6th,  7th,  8th  parts, 

its  Excellency,  p.  19.  h.  71,  14** 

Inftrudion  from  it,  p.  119,  4th  part. 

Works,  Good,  p,  16,  37. 

Worfliip,  Public,  p.  42,  4S,  63,  65,  $4,  89,  95,  99,  12a. 

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2tt  INDEX. 

Y 

YEAR,  New,  h.  16.56,  219. 
Youth,  p.  119,  id  part. 

z 

Z-Gal,  true  and  falfe,  h.  joo. 

Zion,  its  beauties  and  pleafures,  p.  138. 


OccafiQnal  Pfalms  av.d  Hpnns. 

ASCENSION  day,  p.  24,  68.  h.  17,  105. 

Chriflmas,  h.  31,  104,  223*  282. 

Communion,  h.  21,   114*   n8,   116,   132,   134,   161, 

234*  236,  242,  258,  260,  274,  299' 
tafter,  p.  2,  16.  h.  2,  17,  29,  105. 
Good  Friday,  p.  22,  69.  h.  116,  274. 
Humane  Society.  See  Reanimation. 
Ordination.  See  Minifters. 
Whitfunday,  p.  68,  72.  h.  60,  278. 

N.  B.    The  Hymns  are  placed  in  the  alphabetical 
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